Biography

Steve was born and raised on the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning, Montana. Son of Curley and Lila Reevis, he is the 4th of 6 siblings. He graduated from Flandreau High School and attended Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas where he received a degree in arts. After junior college, he left the reservation in Montana to try to begin an acting career in Los Angeles. He lived on the beach in his car, a 1971 Ford Torino, for many months before he began to have a more steady income. He and his wife Macile, an artist and clothing designer, have three children.

In 1996 Steve received an award from First Americans in the Arts (FAITA) for his supporting roles in both the critically acclaimed movie Fargo and in the made for television movie Crazy Horse. In 2004 he repeated this honor for his work on the ABC series Line of Fire.
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Reevis's wife, Macile, is also of Native American descent. She is an artist who specializes in creating beads and clothing. The couple had three sons and one daughter.

A Native American from the Blackfeet Nation, he is buried in his tribe's reservation in Browning, Montana.

Life is something that is never supposed to be played with. Life is so precious that we have to understand that our life was given to us by The Creator. When I think of life, it's always about living that life in a beautiful way. Life is about respecting one another in whatever capacity we live in in this world. It's all about total respect for each other and our individual lives.