
Lily Gladstone Seemingly Slams Kansas City Chiefs For ‘Misrepresentation’ Of Native Americans
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The “Killers of the Flower Moon” star encouraged fans to "look at one of the teams playing" ahead of the Super Bowl.
Lily Gladstone seemingly called out the Kansas City Chiefs for “misrepresentation” of Native American people ahead of the Super Bowl LVIII game on Sunday.
Speaking as an honoree at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival’s Virtuosos Awards on Saturday, Gladstone, who is of Siksikaitsitapi and NiMíiPuu heritage, opened up about recently making history as the first Native American performer nominated for the Best Actress Academy Award for her role in Martin Scorsese’s historical film.
The “Killers of the Flower Moon” star, 37, called the achievement “long overdue,” before pointing out that “some of the first filmmakers [and] the first film footage was shot by native people documenting our way of life.”
“But that’s a lot of history and a lot of years of exclusion or misrepresentation, and I mean Super Bowl’s tomorrow,” she added. “We haven’t come that far if we look at one of the teams that’s playing.”
Though Gladstone didn’t address the Chiefs by name, many speculated she was referring to the Missouri-based team who took home the trophy against the 49ers in Las Vegas over the weekend.