Michael Greyeyes

Personal context

Summary

Michael Greyeyes is a Plains Cree actor, dancer, choreographer, director, and educator known for roles in Dance Me Outside, Fear the Walking Dead, Rutherford Falls, and Wild Indian. His work and public commentary have repeatedly addressed Indigenous representation, control over Indigenous stories, and the effects of Canada’s residential school system. In a 2007 keynote, he discussed how media constructs images of Indigenous people and how Indigenous performers can reclaim those portrayals; in later interviews, he has described representation and Indigenous storytelling as priorities. No public record of partisan campaigning or advocacy for LGBTQ causes is established.