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Lily Gladstone References Super Bowl While Talking Native American 'Misrepresentation': 'Look at One of the Teams Playing'

Lily Gladstone opened up about becoming the first Native American nominated for best actress at the Academy Awards, and encouraged fans to 'look at one of the teams that's playing' in the 2024 Super Bowl when considering 'misrepresentation.'

Describing the overall milestone as "long overdue" on Saturday, the 37-year-old Killers of the Flower Moon star, who is of Siksikaitsitapi and Niimiipuu heritage, noted that "some of the first filmmakers [and] the first film footage was shot by native people documenting our way of life." After the Chiefs won the Super Bowl in 2023, demonstrators protested outside the Arizona stadium hosting the NFL event, demanding the organization “stop the chop” and “change the name” of the team, per The Guardian. The Chiefs previously banned fans in 2020 from wearing fake headdresses and certain types of face paint "that references or appropriates American Indian cultures and traditions" at their home stadium in Kansas City, NPR reported at the time.

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