Red Wing(1884-1974)

Red Wing was born on February 13, 1884 on the Winnebago Reservation, Nebraska, USA as Lillian St. Cyr. Her parents were Julia De Cora (Winnebago) and Mitchell St. Cyr (French Canadian and Sauk). She was graduated in 1902 from the Carlisle Indian Industrial School in Pennsylvania. Red Wing was an actress known for her feature role in one of Hollywood's first feature Westerns The Squaw Man (1914). She had previously acted in many short films for Biograph, Bison and Pathe. She was married to James Young Deer (aka James Young Johnson), a producer and director. She retired from acting in the 1920s and died on March 13, 1974 in New York City, New York, USA.