Article: 100 Years Ago: Lillian St. Cyr, First Native Star in Hollywood Feature

By Angela Aleiss One hundred years ago, Winnebago actress Lillian St. Cyr became the first Native woman to star in a feature film. Cecil B. DeMille’s The Squaw Man was released to American audiences on February 23, 1914, and marked the first time a feature Western was made in what is now Hollywood. Lillian St. … Read more