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Chief John Big Tree
Buffalo, New York, USA
Chief John Big Tree was born on June 2, 1877 in Buffalo, New York, as Isaac Johnny John. He was an actor, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)…
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Chief John Big Tree was born on June 2, 1877 in Buffalo, New York, as Isaac Johnny John. He was an actor, known for She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949), Drums Along the Mohawk (1939) and Devil's Doorway (1950). He died on July 6, 1967 in Onondaga Indian Reservation, New York. One of three men who posed for artist James Fraser for the profile which became the famous "Indian head nickel" or "buffalo nickel" minted 1913-1938. The other two were Chief Two Moons (of the Cheyenne) and Chief Iron Tail (of the Lakota Sioux). The image was reused for a special commemorative $50 gold piece in 2006--the USA's first 24k (pure gold) coin. Big Tree was a member of the Seneca Nation.
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1950
Devil's Doorway
Movie Thundercloud
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1949
She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
Movie Chief Pony That Walks
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1941
Las Vegas Nights
Movie Indian
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1941
Western Union
Movie Chief Spotted Horse
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1940
Hudson's Bay
Movie Chief
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1940
North West Mounted Police
Movie Blue Owl (uncredited)
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1940
Too Many Girls
Movie Chief (uncredited)
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1940
Brigham Young
Movie Big Elk
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1940
Maintain the Right
Movie Chief
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1939
Destry Rides Again
Movie Indian in Saloon (uncredited)
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1939
Drums Along the Mohawk
Movie Blue Back
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1939
The Oregon Trail
Movie Spotted Elk
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1939
Susannah of the Mounties
Movie Chief (uncredited)
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1939
Stagecoach
Movie Indian Scout (uncredited)
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1938
The Girl of the Golden West
Movie Indian Chief in Prologue
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1937
Prairie Thunder
Movie Indian (uncredited)
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1937
Hills of Old Wyoming
Movie Chief Big Tree
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1937
Lost Horizon
Movie Porter (uncredited)
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1937
Maid of Salem
Movie Indian Man (Uncredited)
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1936
The Bold Caballero
Movie Tavern Indian (uncredited)
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1936
The Adventures of Frank Merriwell
Movie Indian John
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1936
Custer's Last Stand
Movie Medicine Man
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1935
The Singing Vagabond
Movie Chief White Eagle (uncredited)
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1935
The Farmer Takes a Wife
Movie Indian
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1934
Wheels of Destiny
Movie Chief War Eagle
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1933
King of the Arena
Movie Circus Indian
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1933
The Telegraph Trail
Movie Indian Chief (uncredited)
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1932
The Golden West
Movie Indian (uncredited)
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1932
The Last of the Mohicans
Movie Huron Warrior (uncredited)
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1931
Red Fork Range
Movie Chief Barking Fox
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1930
The Big Trail
Movie Indian (uncredited)
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1929
Sioux Blood
Movie Crazy Wolf
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1929
The Overland Telegraph
Movie Medecine Man
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1928
Wyoming
Movie An Indian
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1927
Spoilers of the West
Movie Red Cloud
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1927
Painted Ponies
Movie
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1927
The Frontiersman
Movie Grey Eagle
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1927
Winners of the Wilderness
Movie Chief Pontiac
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1926
The Desert's Toll
Movie Red Eagle
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1926
Mantrap
Movie Indian (uncredited)
