Dallas Goldtooth

Dallas Goldtooth (Mdewakanton Dakota/Diné, born 1983) is a Native American environmental activist and performing artist. He is a co-founding member of the 1491s, a Native American sketch comedy group and a member of the cast of the television series Reservation Dogs. He is a Dakota language-instructor, writer, artist, and actor.

Background

Dallas Goldtooth was born in 1983. He is an enrolled member of the Lower Sioux Indian Community and a descendant of the Navajo people. His father is Tom B.K. Goldtooth (Diné).

Activism

Goldtooth was the Keep It In the Ground campaign organizer for the Indigenous Environmental Network, an environmental justice organization led by his father. With IEN, Goldtooth led campaigns against the Keystone XL pipeline and the Dakota Access Pipeline. He was a water protector during the Dakota Access Pipeline protests at Standing Rock Indian Reservation.

Acting

Goldtooth's acting credits include Reservation Dogs, Rutherford Falls, Ghosts and Hailey's On It!.

Filmography

References

External links

1491s

Dakota people

Living people

1983 births

Native American activists

Activists from Minnesota

American male television actors

Male actors from Minnesota

21st-century American male actors

21st-century Native American artists

Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community people