OUTSTANDING ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Red Nation Film Festival 
Once Upon a River


​ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR

National Indian Gaming Association


BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR
American Indian Film Festival 
Tiger Eyes

BEST MALE ACTOR 
Dream Speakers Film Festival 
Derby Kings

BEST ACTOR 
Nevada International Film Festival 
Derby Kings 

BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Red Nation Film Festival 
Tiger Eyes

BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A SERIES
Red Nation Film Festival
Saints & Strangers

BEST COMEDIAN 
Best of the City 
Albuquerque The Magazine 

ENTREPRENEUR OF THE YEAR 
American Indian Business Leaders

Tatanka Means is an award-winning actor and stand-up comedian from Chinle, Arizona. He represents the Navajo, Oglala Lakota, Yankton Dakota and Omaha Nations. His most recent film is the Oscar nominated "Killers of The Flower Moon" directed by the legendary Martin Scorsese and is now available on AppleTV+. Means is currently filming on Kevin Costner's new epic western, "Horizon: An American Saga" with part one just released in theaters and part two coming out this fall. He can be seen next in "Wind River: Rising" "Outer Range" on Amazon, "Opus" with A24, "Canyon of the Dead" and season one of the new NETFLIX series, "Ransom Canyon."


Aside from acting Tatanka performs stand-up comedy throughout Indian Country spreading the good medicine of laughter and inspirational motivation to all ages. Tatanka was recently a featured comedian on the PBS special, "Roots of Comedy," with Jesus Trejo.
  He has become one of the busiest most in-demand touring Native comedians performing today.


Tatanka was named "Entertainer of The Year" by the National Indian Gaming Association. He is proud to be an alcohol & drug-free sober performer.

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