Saginaw Morgan Grant (July 20, 1936 – July 27, 2021) was a Native American

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'' and was a musician,

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dancer, motivational speaker and the Hereditary Chief of the

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Early life

Saginaw Morgan Grant was born at the Indian Hospital in

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on July 20, 1936, the son of Sarah (née Murray) and Austin Grant. He was a member of the

of Oklahoma. His mother's ancestry was from the

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and Otoe-Missouria tribes of

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. He was a

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veteran of the

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Career

Grant appeared in numerous films and television shows. He played Grey Cloud, an ally of

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, opposite

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in a 1993 episode "Mystery of the Blues" of ''

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''. During the 1993 television season Grant had the recurring role of Auggie Velasquez, owner of the small-town general store and trading post, in

Harts of the West ''Harts of the West'' is a humorous contemporary Western TV series about a Chicago family moving to a run-down Nevada ranch. The series consists of 15 hour-long episodes that aired on CBS Saturdays, 9:00 to 10:00 p.m., from September 1993 un ...

. He played the Gatekeeper in the 1999 film ''Purgatory''. He played Chief Big Bear in the 2013 film ''

''. The same year, Grant appeared as a man who sells his truck to Walter White in the ''

'' episode "

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." From 2012, Grant was a prominent member of the ''American Indian Advisory Board'' at the

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Accolades

Grant was awarded the American Legacy Award from the

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, the lifetime achievement award from the

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and a Living Legend Award by the

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(NAMA). In 2018, his album "Don't Let the Drums Go Silent" won the Record of the Year from NAMA.

Death

Grant died in his sleep on July 27, 2021, at the age of 85. His friend and publicist said the cause of death was

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Filmography

Film

*'' War Party'' - Freddie Man Wolf (1988) *'' Small Time'' - The Holy Man (1996) *''

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'' - Brother of the Pow Wow Chief (1999) *'' Legend of the Phantom Rider'' - Medicine Man (2002) *'' Black Cloud'' - Grandpa (2004) *''Social Guidance'' - Red Hightower (2005) *''

'' - Jake (2005) *''Beyond the Quest'' - Apparition (2007) *''

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'' - Eddie (2007) *'' Maneater'' - Stanley Hipp (2009) *''Walking on Turtle Island'' - Catches the Bear (2009) *'' Awful Nice'' - Jonas (2013) *''

Winter in the Blood ''Winter in the Blood'' is the debut novel of James Welch. It was published by Harper and Row's Native American Publishing Program in 1974. Set on the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in north-central Montana during the late 1960s, ''Winter in ...

'' - Yellow Calf (2013) *''

'' - Chief Big Bear (2013) *''Wind Walkers'' - Native Elder (2015) *'' The Ridiculous 6'' - Screaming Eagle (2015) *''Valley of the Gods'' - Tall Bitter Water (2017) *''Journey to Royal (and the 4th Emergency Rescue Squadron)'' - Himself (2017)

Television

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'' - episode - The Mystery of the Blues - Grey Cloud (1993) *''

'' - 15 episodes - Auggie (1993-1994) *''

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''- episode - The One with the Friends' Theme - Alaskan (1996) *''

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'' - Ol'Larry/1 episode (1997) *'' Stolen Women: Captured Hearts'' - Chief Luta/TV movie (1997) *''

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'' - Eyes That See At Night/1 episode (1997) *''

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'' - Ancient Gate Keeper/TV movie (1999) *''

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'' - Medecine Man/3 episodes (2002) *''

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'' - Wilson Sam/TV movie (2002) *''

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'' - Most Respected Elder/1 episode (2003) *''DreamKeeper'' - Old Medecine Man/TV movie (2003) *''

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'' - Joseph/TV movie (2005) *''

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'' - Dakota/1 episode (2005) *'' Saving Grace'' - Mudwa/1 episode (2007) *''

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'' - Tribal Elder/1 episode (2011) *'' Eagleheart'' - Saginaw/1 episode (2012) *''

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'' - White Feather/1 episode (2013) *''

'' - Native American Man - episode "

" (2013) *'' Shameless'' - Great Grandfather/1 episode (2014) *''

'' - Chief Blue Sky/1 episode (2014) *''

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'' - Sam/1 episode (2014) *''

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'' - American Indian Man/1 episode (2015) *''

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'' - Shaman/1 episode (2015) *''

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'' - Old Man/1 episode (2016) *''

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'' - Marjorie's Grandpa/1 episode (2016)

References

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