<P> Steve Reevis (August 14, 1962--December 7, 2017) was a Blackfoot Native American actor . The role of Shep Proudfoot in the Academy Award - winning film Fargo (1996) is perhaps the best known performance by Reevis . </P> <P> Steve Reevis grew up on the Blackfeet Reservation . Reevis graduated from South Dakota's Flandreau Indian School and attended Haskell Indian Junior College in Lawrence, Kansas, where he received a degree in arts . </P> <P> Reevis' first movie job was as a stunt rider in the 1987 film War Party, which also had his brother, Tim, who later performed in Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at Disneyland Paris . Reevis' first acting role, in 1988, was in Universal's Twins . He had a nonspeaking role as Sioux Warrior #1 in the Academy Award - winning Dances with Wolves in 1990 . In 1993, he was cast as the Apache scout, Chato, in Geronimo: An American Legend starring Wes Studi as the titular warrior . Reevis played the Native American lead role in Last of the Dogmen (1995) with Tom Berenger . </P> <P> In 1996, Reevis received an award from First Americans in the Arts (FAITA) for his supporting roles in both the critically acclaimed film Fargo and in the made - for - television movie Crazy Horse . In 2004, he repeated this honor for his work on the ABC series Line of Fire . Reevis appeared in Columbia's 2003 film The Missing, in the 2005 remake of The Longest Yard, and in TNT's 2005 miniseries Into the West . Reevis also appeared on Fox's drama series Bones . </P>

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