Strongheart: an American

              STRONGHEARTan American
A Featured Movie Artist interpreting the Life and Soul of a Vanishing Race

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STRONGHEART
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Technical and Ethnological Director Cecil B. DeMille Pictures Corporation

A Pcituresque Lecture‐Entertainment From Peace Pipe to War Trail

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A Colorful, Dramatic Recital  Legends and Facts of the True American Indian

Scene from the new DeMille Release BRAVEHEART

Appearing in his costume as a Yakima Chief
STRONGHEART
A Vividly Dramatic Lecture-Recital
From Peace Pipe to War Trail

(Chief Strongheart in Person ‐ Not a Motion Picture)

A Gripping, Fascinating Interpretation of The Life and Soul of a Great but Vanishing Race

Management Affiliate Bureaus
Music ‐ Lectures ‐ Entertainments

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Strongheart and Tyrone Powers

CHIEF STRONGHEART comes to the platform direct from the motion picture lots of the Cecil DeMille Corporation in Los Angeles, where he holds the position of technical and ethnological director, and where he has just finished his work as a featured artist of the silver-screen in the new DeMille release Braveheart.His companion artists include such well known names as Rod La Roque, Lillian Rich, Jean Acker and Tyrone Powers. In his platform appearances, under our management next season, Chief Strongheart will appear in the picturesque costume of the Yakima Indian and in his talk he will interpret the poetry, the romance and the soul of the Red man of early days.

Chief Strongheart is a direct descendant of the old fighting blood of Custer's day. His grandfather Standing Rockled one of the tribes which aided Chief Sitting Bullagainst Custer's men.

Chief Strongheart was born on the Yakima Reservation 40 years ago and was raised in Reservation fashion by his fellow tribesmen. He served 10 months as United States Scout at the Mexican border and was one of the first to offer his services to Colonel Roosevelt for enlistment at the proposed division of overseas Rough Riders.He is advisor and counsellor of his own people and has appeared before the great white fatherin Washington on several occasions in the interest of his people and as their emissary.

Two Dramatic Moments in the Motion Picture Braveheart

STRONGHEART played conspicuous roles in The Flaming Arrow,The Mail Despatcherand The Heart of We-to-Naon the legitimate stage. It is interesting to note that in the DeMille production of BraveheartChief Strongheart plays the role which he has actually experienced in real life ‐ that of carrying on the fight for rights for the Indians in their own country.

Meritt Arbuckle, writing in the Santa Rosa Republican under date of Sept. 24, 1925, has the following to say about Chief Strongheart: I have always admired Strongheart who has portrayed more leading Indian roles than any man in filmdom. He is genuine and does not have to step out of his natural character to portray his roles. Strongheart's success has not turned his head in the slightest, nor lessened his interests in the welfare of his own people. He is still an Indian in every sense of the word. His life is composed of his work ‐ that of interpreting the real heart and soul of the Indian race, through his lecture work and his motion picture work.

Chief Strongheart is an experienced speaker and this experience comes not only from his years of platform work but also from his many appearances before committees on Indian affairs at Washington and other organizations functioning for the welfare of the Indianrace. He is a fascinating talker and very well educated. His costumes and stage settings are richly colorful.