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Tantoo Cardinal on Big Bear

Tantoo Cardinal on working on Moccasin Flats

Tantoo Cardinal on working with Sam Shepard on Silent Tongue

Tantoo Cardinal on working with River Phoenix in Silent Tongue

Tantoo Cardinal on working with Larry Sellers on Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman and his role in keeping the integrity of how Indigenous culture was portrayed on the show

Tantoo Cardinal on working with Jake Eberts on The Education of Little Tree and their disagreement on who should be cast in the role of "Granpa"

Tantoo Cardinal on how James Cromwell came to be cast as "Granpa" in The Education of Little Tree

Tantoo Cardinal on wanting Harry Daniels to be cast as "Granpa" in The Education of Little Tree

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

Tantoo Cardinal on Gerri Cook producing the animated short Stories from the Seventh Fire

Tantoo Cardinal on her audition for Dancing with Wolves and learning Lakota for the film

Tantoo Cardinal on performing a character with no dialogue on Silent Tongue and acting to encourage people to tell the stories of Indigenous women

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 the difference between working on small indie movies and big studio movies

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

Tantoo Cardinal on directing voice actors on the animated short Stories from the Seventh Fire

Tantoo Cardinal on playing two characters interacting with each other in the opening scene of Unnatural and Accidental

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

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 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