Floyd Westerman

**Floyd Westerman** (17 ga Agusta, 1936 - 13 ga Disamba, 2007) ya kasance mawaƙi na Sisseton Dakota, mai fafutukar siyasa, kuma ɗan wasan kwaikwayo. Bayan ya kafa aiki a matsayin mawaƙin kiɗa na ƙasa, daga baya a rayuwarsa ya zama ɗan wasan kwaikwayo, yawanci yana nuna dattawan 'yan asalin ƙasar Amirka a fina-finai da talabijin na Amurka. An kuma yaba masa a matsayin **Floyd Red Crow Westerman** .  A matsayinsa na mai fafutukar siyasa, ya yi magana kuma ya yi tafiya don dalilai na 'yan asalin Amurka.

## Rayuwa ta farko
An haife shi Floyd Westerman a Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, gidan Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, wata kabila da aka amince da ita ta tarayya wacce ke ɗaya daga cikin ƙananan kabilun yankin Gabashin Dakota na Babban Sioux Nation, wanda ke cikin jihar Dakota ta Kudu ta Amurka. Sunan asalinsa *Kanghi Duta* yana nufin "Red Crow" a cikin yaren Dakota (wanda yake ɗaya daga cikin yarukan Siouan guda uku na Great Plains). 

A lokacin da yake da shekaru 10, an tura Westerman zuwa Makarantar Jirgin Wahpeton, inda ya fara saduwa da Dennis Banks (wanda ya zama shugaban Ƙungiyar Indiyawan Amurka). A can aka tilasta wa Westerman da sauran yara su yanke gashin kansu na al'ada kuma an hana su magana da yarensu. Wannan gogewa zai yi tasiri sosai ga ci gaban Westerman da dukan rayuwarsa. Yayinda ya girma, ya dawo da al'adun sa kuma ya zama mai ba da shawara ga kiyaye al'adun 'yan asalin ƙasar.

Westerman ta kammala karatu daga Jami'ar Jihar Arewa tare da digiri na BA a makarantar sakandare. Ya yi aiki na shekaru biyu a cikin Sojojin Ruwa na Amurka, kafin ya fara aikinsa a matsayin mawaƙin ƙasa.

## Ayyuka
Kafin shiga fina-finai da talabijin, Westerman ya kafa suna mai ƙarfi a matsayin mawaƙin kiɗa na yammacin ƙasar. A cikin rubuce-rubucen waƙoƙinsa ya bincika kuma ya soki tasirin Turai a kan al'ummomin 'yan asalin Amurka. Baya ga rikodin solo da yawa, Westerman ya haɗa kai da Jackson Browne, Willie Nelson, Bonnie Raitt, Harry Belafonte,  Joni Mitchell, Kris Kristofferson, da Buffy Sainte-Marie. A cikin shekarun 1990s, ya yi tafiya tare da Sting don tara kuɗi don adana gandun daji masu haɗari.

Bayan shekaru yana aiki a matsayin mawaƙi, Westerman ya zama mai sha'awar yin wasan kwaikwayo. Fim dinsa na farko ya kasance a cikin Renegades (1989), inda ya buga "Red Crow", mahaifin Lakota Sioux na Hank Storm, wanda Lou Diamond Phillips ya buga. Ƙarin rawar fim sun haɗa da "Chief Ten Bears" a cikin Dances with Wolves (1990), da kuma "shaman" ga mawaƙa Jim Morrison a cikin Oliver Stone's The Doors (1991).  Westerman ya bayyana a matsayin Standing Elk, tare da abokinsa na dogon lokaci Max Gail, a cikin fim din iyali, Tillamook Treasure (2006). Ya bayyana a *Hidalgo* (2004), a matsayin Cif Eagle Horn a cikin wasan kwaikwayo na Buffalo Bill . A watan Satumbar 2007, Westerman ya gama aiki don fim din *Swing Vote* (2008). 

Ayyukan talabijin sun haɗa da wasa "George" akan Dharma & Greg, "Uncle Ray" akan *[[Walker, Texas Ranger]]* (a cikin matukin jirgi da lokutan farko na yau da kullun),  "Wanda Ya Jira" akan *[[Northern Exposure|Nunin Arewa]]*, da kuma bayyanar da yawa kamar " Albert Hosten " akan *[[The X-Files]]* .  Westerman kuma ya yi Sanarwa da Sabis na Jama'a da yawa don talabijin ciki har da taron Majalisar Dinkin Duniya na Duniya a Rio a 1992.

## Mutuwa
Westerman ya mutu daga rikitarwa na cutar sankara a Cibiyar Kiwon Lafiya ta Cedars-Sinai a Los Angeles a ranar 13 ga Disamba, 2007.  Ya bar matarsa Rosie, 'ya'ya mata huɗu, da ɗa.

## Hotunan da aka zaɓa

* *Hanyar Powwow* (1989) - Muryar Rediyo ta CB (murya) 
* Renegades (1989) - Red Crow
* Dances tare da Wolves (1990) - Bears Goma
* Yin 'Dances with Wolves' (1990) - Takaitaccen shirin talabijin - Shi da kansa
* Ɗan Morning Star (1991, TV Mini-Series) - Sitting Bull
* *Ƙofofin* (1991) - Shaman
* Clearcut (1991) - Wilf
* The Broken Chain (1993, Fim din Talabijin) - Tsohon Ƙabilar
* *Jonathan na Bears* (1994) - Cif Tawanka
* Mace Lakota: Siege a Wounded Knee (1994, Fim ɗin Talabijin) - Kakan Maryamu
* 500 Nations (1995, TV Mini-Series) - (murya) 
* Buffalo Girls (1995, TV Mini-Series) - Babu kunnuwa
* Dusting Cliff 7 (1997) - Indian Bob
* Mai Ƙarfi (1997) - Baba
* *Halitta ta Halitta* (1998) - Shugaban Pico
* *Grey Owl* (1999) - Pow Wow Chief
* *Dare na kammala karatu* (2003) - Tsohon Mutum
* Atlantis: Milo's Return (2003) - Chakashi (murya) 
* *Mai kula da mafarki* (2003, Fim ɗin Talabijin) - Iron Spoon
* *Hidalgo* (2004) - Babban Eagle Horn
* Tillamook Treasure (2006) - Tsayawa Elk
* Comanche Moon (2008, TV Mini-Series) - Tsohon Comanche na farko
* *Swing Vote* (2008) - Chief Running Bear (aikin fim na karshe) 

## Zaɓuɓɓukan bayyanar talabijin

* *MacGyver* (1988, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Eagles Biyu
* Kyaftin Planet da Planeteers (1990, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Indian Chief (murya) 
* LA Law (1991, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Alkalin William Gainser
* Arewacin Bayyanawa (1991-1993, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Ɗaya daga cikin Wanene-Waits
* Kisan kai, Ta Rubuta (1992, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Uncle Ashie Nakai
* Walker, Texas Ranger (1993-1994, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Uncle Ray Firewalker; 26 episodes
* 500 Nations (1995, TV Mini-Series) (murya) 
* *Roseanne* (1995, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Floyd
* *X-Files* (1995-1999, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Albert Hosteen
* The Pretender (1997, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Ernie Two Feathers
* *Baywatch Nights* (1997, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Jagoran Indiya Wahote
* Poltergeist: The Legacy (1997, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Ezekial
* Millennium (1997, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Tsohon Indiya
* *Dharma &amp;amp; Greg* (1997-2001, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - George Littlefox
* *Yin hukunci da Amy* (2001, jerin shirye-shiryen talabijin) - Mista Wheeler

## Bayanan da aka yi

* *Custer ya mutu saboda zunubanka* (1969) 
* *Ƙasar Indiya* (1970) 
* *Custer ya mutu saboda zunubanka* (sake rikodin; 1982) 
* *Ƙasar ita ce Uwarka* (1982) 
* *Godiya ga Johnny Cash* (2006) 

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