Irene Bedard

Personal context

Summary

Irene Bedard is an actor of Cree and Iñupiaq heritage, known for playing Mary Crow Dog in Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee, voicing Pocahontas, and appearing in Smoke Signals and The New World. Her career has often involved native characters and stories, while her public comments have also addressed Indigenous visibility and Hollywood stereotypes. She has called for more native representation in film and television, including more varied roles such as comedy and romantic comedy, and has criticized Donald Trump’s use of “Pocahontas” as an attack on Elizabeth Warren. No public statements on DEI beyond Indigenous representation, or on other political causes, are on record.