Apesanahkwat (born January 19, 1949) is a Native American tribal leader and a film and television actor. Apesanahkwat served as tribal chairman of the

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eight times. He served in the

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and is a Vietnam War veteran. He is known for playing American Indian roles in such films and television series as '' Wind River'', ''

Northern Exposure ''Northern Exposure'' is an American Northern comedy-drama television series about the eccentric residents of a fictional small town in Alaska that ran on CBS from July 12, 1990, to July 26, 1995, with a total of 110 episodes. It received 57 ...

'', '' Stolen Women, Captured Hearts'', ''

Bagdad Cafe ''Bagdad Cafe'' (sometimes ''Bagdad Café'', titled ''Out of Rosenheim'' in Germany) is a 1987 English-language West German film directed by Percy Adlon. It is a comedy-drama set in a remote truck stop and motel in the Mojave Desert in the U.S. st ...

'', and ''

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''.

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Television

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* Living people Native American male actors American male television actors American male film actors Native American activists Menominee people People from Keshena, Wisconsin Male actors from Wisconsin Native American leaders Military personnel from Wisconsin United States Marines 20th-century American male actors 21st-century American male actors United States Marine Corps personnel of the Vietnam War 1949 births 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native Americans {{US-film-actor-1940s-stub