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The epic biography Starring Red Wing! brings the exciting career, dedicated activism, and noteworthy legacy of Ho-Chunk actress Lilian Margaret St. Cyr vividly to life. Known to film audiences as "Princess Red Wing," St. Cyr emerged as the most popular Native American actress in the pre-Hollywood and early studio-system era in the United States. Today St. Cyr is known for her portrayal of Naturich in Cecile B. DeMille's The Squaw Man (1914); although DeMille claimed to have "discovered the little Indian girl," the viewing public had already long adored her as a petite, daredevil Indian heroine. She befriended and worked with icons such as Mary Pickford, Jewell Carmen, Tom Mix, Max Sennett, and William Selig.
Born on the Winnebago Reservation in 1884 and orphaned in 1888, she spent ten years in Indian boarding schools before graduating from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in 1902. She married James Young Johnson, and in 1907 the couple reinvented themselves as the stage personas "Princess Red Wing" and "Young Deer," performing in Wild West shows around New York and beginning their film careers.
As their popularity grew, St. Cyr and Johnson decamped from the East Coast and helped establish the second motion picture company in Southern California, where Red Wing became a Native American leading lady in westerns until her career waned in 1917. After returning to the reservation to work as a housekeeper, she took her show on a two-year tour to educate the public about Native culture and lived out her life in New York, performing, educating, and crafting regalia.
Starring Red Wing! is a sweeping narrative of St. Cyr's evolution as America's first Native American film star, from her childhood and performance career to her days as a respected elder of the multi-tribal New York City Indian Community.
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Lilian Margaret St. Cyr of the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Chapter 2: Ochsegahonegah at the Lincoln Institute
Chapter 3: Role Models and Visitors
Chapter 4: Home and Away Again
Chapter 5: James Young Johnson and Family Secrets
Chapter 6: Princess Red Wing and Young Deer
Chapter 7: Edendale, California
Chapter 8: New Careers with PathÉ FrÈres
Chapter 9: Leaving Young Deer
Chapter 10: Keeping Up with the Competition
Chapter 11: The Calm before the Storm
Chapter 12: Young Deer and the White Slavery Ring
Chapter 13: Cecil B. DeMille and The Squaw Man
Chapter 14: In the Days of the Thundering Herd
Chapter 15: Ramona and Home Again
Chapter 16: Lilia Red Wing on Tour and the Visual Education Movement
Chapter 17: The Metropolitan Group of American Indians
Chapter 18: Fare Thee Well and Hollywood Reunion
Chapter 19: The Moon Shines on Pretty Red Wing
Appendix A: Lilian Margaret St. Cyr Family
Appendix B: James Young Johnson Family
Appendix C: Red Wing's Filmography, 1908-1931
Notes
Bibliography
Index
