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Tantoo Cardinal on developing a rich backstory for the characters she portrayed; on acting in order to encourage people to tell the full stories of Indigenous women

Tantoo Cardinal on how Canada's six-year commission on residential schools finally allowed them to use the term "genocide"

Tantto Cardinal on getting to play a white woman on the feature Unnatural and Accidental 

Tantoo Cardinal on working with River Phoenix in Silent Tongue

Tantoo Cardinal on working on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and Larry Seller's work in keeping the integrity of how Indigenous culture was portrayed on the show

Tantoo Cardinal on her character being massacred in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman, and a fan letter reflecting on the massacre scene's impact

Tantoo Cardinal on North of 60 and how popular it was

Tantoo Cardinal on her character, "Michelle," on North of 60, and winning a Gemini Award for the role

Tantoo Cardinal on choosing to work on the film Where the Rivers Flow North instead of the series North of 60 to avoid getting stuck with one character

Tantoo Cardinal on working on 500 Nations and expecting more support from production than they received after the reception of Dances with Wolves

Tantoo Cardinal on working on Big Bear

Tantoo Cardinal on Gil Cardinal directing Big Bear and the challenges he experienced as an Indigenous director

Tantoo Cardinal on working on Moccasin Flats

Tantoo Cardinal on working on A Thief of Time and production not respecting her request not to play a traditional Navajo woman

Tantoo Cardinal on her audition for Dancing with Wolves and influencing the decision to use Lakota as the Indigenous language in the film

Tantoo Cardinal on her experience reading the script of Dancing with Wolves and the impact the film had on the perception of Indigenous people

Tantoo Cardinal on Black Robe, her frustrations with how it misrepresents Indigenous people, and having to fill in the cultural gaps without being asked

Tantoo Cardinal on acting in order to encourage people to tell the stories of Indigenous women

Tantoo Cardinal on acting in order to encourage people to tell the stories of Indigenous women

Tantoo Cardinal on acting in order to encourage people to tell the stories of Indigenous women

Tantoo Cardinal on the importance of cultural consultants and Larry Sellars doing that work on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Tantoo Cardinal on the importance of cultural consultants and Larry Sellars doing that work on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Tantoo Cardinal on the importance of cultural consultants and Larry Sellars doing that work on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

Tantoo Cardinal on a fan letter that expressed how the massacre scene in Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman humanized the history of the massacre of Indigenous people

Tantoo Cardinal on how Canada was ahead of the United States in the representation of Indigenous people in media

Tantoo Cardinal on how Canada was ahead of the United States in the representation of Indigenous people in media

Tantoo Cardinal on how Canada was ahead of the United States in the representation of Indigenous people in media

Tantoo Cardinal on how Indigenous rights movements have been ahead in Canada than in the United States

Tantoo Cardinal on how Indigenous rights movements have been ahead in Canada than in the United States

Tantoo Cardinal on how Canada's six-year commission on residential schools finally allowed them to use the term "genocide"