Will Lily Gladstone be the first Native American nominated for an Academy Award?

Killers of the Flower Moon star Lily Gladstone has been submitted in the lead actress category for the Academy Awards.

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Should she be nominated, Gladstone would be the first Native American actress to be nominated for Best Actress.

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Other Native Americans have been nominated and won for different categories in the past, including Wes Studi's Academy Honorary Award in 2019 and Buffy Sainte-Marie's 1982 win for Best Original Song for "Up Where We Belong" from An Officer and a Gentleman.

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