# List of Indigenous Academy Award winners and nominees

This is a list of Indigenous people who have won or been nominated for Academy Awards. It includes those of provable Indigenous descent regardless of whether they passed as white at the time of their nomination, such as Merle Oberon.

## Best Picture

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2019 (92nd) | Taika Waititi Chelsea Winstanley | | Māori (Polynesian) | Jojo Rabbit | Nominated | Winstanley is the first Māori of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Indigenous people to be nominated for Best Picture. Husband-wife team. Shared with Carthew Neal. | |

## Best Actor

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2018 (91st) | Rami Malek | | Coptic | Bohemian Rhapsody | Won | First Copt to be nominated for and to win an Academy Award. | |

## Best Actress

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2003 (76th) | Keisha Castle-Hughes | Māori (Polynesian) | Whale Rider | Nominated | Debut performance. First Māori of Tainui and Ngāpuhi descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. At the time of nomination, she was the youngest ever nominee in the category. She is the now the second youngest after Quvenzhané Wallis. |
| 2018 (91st) | Yalitza Aparicio | Mixtec & Trique (Native Mexican) | Roma | Nominated | Debut performance. First North American Indigenous woman to receive an Academy Award nomination for acting. |
| 2023 (96th) | Lily Gladstone | Piegan Blackfeet & Nez Perce (Native American) | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | First Native American actress to be nominated for an Academy Award. |

## Best Supporting Actor

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestones/Notes | Ref. |
| 1970 (43rd) | Chief Dan George | | Tsleil-Waututh (First Nations) | Little Big Man | Nominated | First North American Indigenous person to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Indigenous person to be nominated for Best Supporting Actor. | |
| 1990 (63rd) | Graham Greene | | Oneida (First Nations) | Dances With Wolves | Nominated | First Oneida to be nominated for an Academy Award. | |

## Best Supporting Actress

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestones/Notes | Ref. |
| 1966 (39th) | Jocelyne LaGarde | | Tahitian (Polynesian) | Hawaii | Nominated | The first and only actor to be nominated for their first and only film performance. First Indigenous person to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Tahitian to be nominated for an Academy Award. | |

## Best Adapted Screenplay

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2019 (92nd) | Taika Waititi | | Māori (Polynesian) | Jojo Rabbit | Won | First Māori of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent to win an Academy Award. First Indigenous person to be nominated for and to win Best Adapted Screenplay. | |

## Best Original Score

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 1987 (60th) | Jonas Gwangwa | | Northern Ndebele | Cry Freedom | Nominated | First African Indigenous person to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Indigenous person to be nominated for Best Original Score. Shared with George Fenton. | |
| 2023 (96th) | Robbie Robertson | | Cayuga & Mohawk (First Nations) | Killers of the Flower Moon | Nominated | First Cayuga and first Mohawk to be nominated for an Academy Award. Posthumous release. | |

## Best Documentary Feature Film

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2024 (97th) | Julian Brave NoiseCat | / | Secwépemc (First Nations) | Sugarcane | Nominated | First Indigenous person to be nominated for Best Documentary Feature Film. Shared with Emily Kassie and Kellen Quinn | |

## Best Original Song

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Song | Status | Milestones/Notes | Ref. |
| 1987 (60th) | Jonas Gwangwa | | Northern Ndebele | Cry Freedom | "Cry Freedom" | Nominated | First African Indigenous person to be nominated for an Academy Award. Shared with George Fenton. | |
| 2023 (96th) | Scott George | | Osage Nation (Native American) | Killers of the Flower Moon | "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" | Nominated | First member of the Osage Nation to be nominated for an Academy Award. | |

## Best Production Design

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2012 (85th) | Ra Vincent | | Māori (Polynesian) | The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey | Nominated | First Indigenous person to be nominated for Best Production Design. Shared with Dan Hennah and Simon Bright. | |
| 2019 (92nd) | Ra Vincent | | Māori (Polynesian) | Jojo Rabbit | Nominated | Shared with Nora Sopková. | |

## Best Sound

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes |
| 2001 (74th) | Hammond Peek | Māori (Polynesian) | The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring | Nominated | First Māori of Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Indigenous person to be nominated for Best Sound. Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Gethin Creagh. |
| 2002 (75th) | Hammond Peek | Māori (Polynesian) | The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers | Nominated | Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Michael Hedges. |
| 2003 (76th) | Hammond Peek | Māori (Polynesian) | The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King | Won | First Māori of Ngāi Tahu and Te Āti Awa descent to win an Academy Award. First Indigenous person to win Best Sound. Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Michael Hedges. |
| 2005 (78th) | Hammond Peek | Māori (Polynesian) | King Kong | Won | First Indigenous person to win multiple Academy Awards. Most nominated Indigenous person, with four nominations. Shared with Christopher Boyes, Michael Semanick and Michael Hedges. |

## Best Short Film, Live Action

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2004 (77th) | Taika Waititi Ainsley Gardiner | | Māori (Polynesian) | Two Cars, One Night | Nominated | First Māori of Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. Gardiner is also the first Māori of Ngāti Pikiao and Ngāti Awa descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Indigenous people to be nominated for Best Short Film, Live Action. | |
| 2023 (96th) | Misan Harriman | | Itsekiri | The After | Nominated | First Itsekiri to be nominated for an Academy Award. Shared with Nicky Bentham. | |

## Best Foreign Language Film

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Film | Status | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 1987 (60th) | Nils Gaup | | Sámi | Pathfinder | Nominated | First Arctic Indigenous person to be nominated for an Academy Award. First European Indigenous person to be nominated for an Academy Award, along with Sean Connery for The Untouchables. First Indigenous person to be nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. | |

## Honorary Award

| Year (Ceremony) | Name | Country | Ethnic group(s) | Milestone / Notes | Ref. |
| 2019 (92nd) | Wes Studi | | Cherokee Nation (Native American) | First and only Indigenous person to be awarded an Honorary Award. | |