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- Birth nameLillian St. Cyr
- 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.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- SpousesJoe Eaglefoot(July 2, 1925 - March 16, 1929)James Young Deer(April 9, 1906 - ?)
- Was 90 years old at time of her death and is buried St. Augustine Cemetery in Nebraska.
- Is a relative of actor Vincent or Vincent St. Cyr.
- Her older sister, Julia St. Cyr (Travis) (1857-1947), was a graduate of and one of the first American Indians to attend Virginia's Hampton Normal and Agricultural Institute, which is now Hampton University.
- Her rival, actress Mona Darkfeather, was also a lead at Bison and identified as a prominent Indian player at Kalem and Universal Studios.
- Although she is credited as the first Native American actress with her first known film The White Squaw (1908), Inuit actress Esther Eneutseak made an uncredited appearance in Edison's Esquimaux Game of Snap-the-Whip (1901).
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