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Yalitza Aparicio was nominated for her acting debut in 2018's Roma.

This is a list of Indigenous people who have won or been nominated for Academy Awards. It includes those of provable indigenous descent regardless of whether they passed as white, such as Merle Oberon.[1]

Best Picture

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
2019
(92nd) 		Taika Waititi
Chelsea Winstanley 		New Zealand Māori Jojo Rabbit Nominated Husband-wife team
Shared with Carthew Neal.

Best Actress

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
1935
(8th) 		Merle Oberon British Raj
Sri Lanka 		Māori The Dark Angel Nominated First Asian actor nominated in any category. She is of partial Sri Lankan and Māori descent. [2]
2003
(76th) 		Keisha Castle-Hughes New Zealand Whale Rider Nominated Debut performance
At the time of nomination, she was the youngest ever nominee in the category. She is the now the second youngest after Quvenzhané Wallis. 		[3]
2018
(91st) 		Yalitza Aparicio Mexico Mixtec & Trique
(Native Mexican) 		Roma Nominated Debut performance. [4]
2023
(96th) 		Lily Gladstone United States Piegan Blackfeet & Nez Perce
(Native American) 		Killers of the Flower Moon Pending First American Indian actress to be nominated for Lead Actress. [5]

Best Supporting Actor

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestones/Notes Ref.
1970
(43rd) 		Chief Dan George Canada Coast Salish
(Indigenous Canadian) 		Little Big Man Nominated [6]
1990
(63rd) 		Graham Greene Oneida
(Indigenous Canadian) 		Dances With Wolves Nominated [7]

Best Supporting Actress

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestones/Notes Ref.
1966
(39th) 		Jocelyne LaGarde French Polynesia Tahitian Hawaii Nominated [8]

Best Adapted Screenplay

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
2019
(92nd) 		Taika Waititi New Zealand Māori Jojo Rabbit Won [9]

Best Original Score

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
2023
(96th) 		Robbie Robertson Canada Cayuga & Mohawk
(Indigenous Canadian) 		Killers of the Flower Moon Pending Posthumous release [5]

Best Original Song

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Song Status Milestones/Notes Ref.
1982
(55th) 		Buffy Sainte-Marie United States
Canada 		White
(American, born in Massachusetts and of alleged Italian and English descent[10]) and a naturalized citizen of the Piapot First Nation[10] 		An Officer and a Gentleman "Up Where We Belong" Won Thought to have been the first indigenous person to win an Academy Award, it was later discovered through a CBC documentary released in 2023 that she may have lied about her claims to indigenous ancestry.
She shared the Oscar with Jack Nitzsche and Will Jennings. Her title as the first indigenous Academy Award winner is still under review until allegations made by CBC are accepted as fact or not. 		[11][12]
2023
(96th) 		Scott George United States Osage Nation
(Native American) 		Killers of the Flower Moon "Wahzhazhe (A Song for My People)" Pending The first member of the Osage Nation to be nominated for an Academy Award. [5][13]

Best Production Design

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
2012
(85th) 		Ra Vincent New Zealand Māori The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey Nominated Shared with Dan Hennah and Simon Bright.
2019
(92nd) 		Jojo Rabbit Nominated Shared with Nora Sopková.

Best Short Film, Live Action

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
2004
(77th) 		Taika Waititi
Ainsley Gardiner 		New Zealand Māori Two Cars, One Night Nominated

Best Foreign Language Film

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Film Status Milestone / Notes Ref.
1987
(60th) 		Nils Gaup Norway Sámi Pathfinder Nominated

Honorary Award

Year
(Ceremony) 		Name Country Ethnic group(s) Milestone / Notes Ref.
2019
(92nd) 		Wes Studi United States Cherokee Nation
(Native American) 		The first and only Indigenous person to be awarded an Honorary Award. [14]

References

  1. ^ Lawrence, Andrew (7 March 2023). "'She had to hide': The secret history of the first Asian woman nominated for a best actress Oscar". The Guardian.
  2. ^ Lawrence, Andrew (2023-03-07). Viner, Katharine (ed.). "'She had to hide': the secret history of the first Asian woman nominated for a best actress Oscar". The Guardian. eISSN 1756-3224. ISSN 0261-3077. OCLC 60623878. Retrieved 2023-12-01. (Her half-brother, Harry, would discover them in Bombay, now Mumbai, after her death.) As for her much darker-skinned mother – her biological grandmother – Oberon presented her as a maid.
  3. ^ "2003 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 2003-03-23. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  4. ^ "2019 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 2019-02-24. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  5. ^ a b c Lang, Brent; Moreau, Jordan (23 January 2024). "Oscar Nominations 2024: 'Oppenheimer' Dominates With 13 Nods, 'Poor Things' Follows With 11". Variety. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  6. ^ "1971 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 1971-04-15. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  7. ^ "1991 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 1991-03-25. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  8. ^ "1967 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 1967-04-10. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  9. ^ "Taika Waititi makes Oscars history as first Maori Academy Award winner". Los Angeles Times. 10 February 2020.
  10. ^ a b "Who is the real Buffy Sainte-Marie?". CBC News. October 27, 2023. Retrieved January 23, 2024.
  11. ^ "1983 | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences". Oscars.org. 1983-04-11. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  12. ^ Warner, Andrea (2018-09-29). "Buffy Sainte-Marie's Authorized Biography Serves As A 'Map Of Hope'". NPR. Retrieved 2020-02-16.
  13. ^ Maupin, Jennifer (23 January 2024). "'Killers of the Flower Moon' nominated for 10 Oscars". KJRH. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  14. ^ Bahr, Linsey (26 October 2019). "Wes Studi to make Oscars history for Native American actors". ABC News. Retrieved 2020-08-29.
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