Overview
- Little Sky died on Oct. 24 at Monument Health Hospital in Rapid City, South Dakota, according to a family obituary.
- She worked at Disneyland’s Frontierland and at Walt Disney Studios, where her obituary describes her as the first Native American artist to color animation cels.
- Her screen credits included Gypsy, The Apple Dumpling Gang, Cimarron, Duel at Diablo, Rawhide, Gunsmoke and Daniel Boone.
- Married to actor Eddie Little Sky, one of the first Native men to play Native roles on film and TV, she appeared with him in productions such as The Magical World of Disney and Journey Through Rosebud.
- After returning to South Dakota in the late 1970s, she directed the Eagle Butte Cultural Center, taught at Little Wound School and received South Dakota’s Indian Living Treasure Award in 2005.