The Blackfeet Nation proclaimed “Lily Gladstone Day,” performing a large ceremony in her honor on March 26, 2024 in Browning, after she earned a Golden Globe, a Screen Actor’s Guild Award, and an Academy Award nomination for best actress, making her the first Native American to receive the coveted Oscar nod. The accolades were conferred on Gladstone for her role in director Martin Scorsese’s “Killers of the Flower Moon." Hundreds and hundreds of from the tribe gathered to greet her, and the Blackfeet Women's Stand Up Headdress Society presented her with a stand-up headdress, one of the very highest honors a tribal member can receive.
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Actress Lily Gladstone of the Blackfeet Nation is pictured in a standup headdress, which she received during a ceremony in her honor in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Actress Lily Gladstone appears at a ceremony in her honor in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Drummers perform during a ceremony to honor Lily Gladstone in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blackfeet school children play with miniature movie award statues during a ceremony to honor actress Lily Gladstone in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Attendees snap photos during a ceremony for Gladstone in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Lily Gladstone shares laughs as she greets her fellow Blackfeet tribal members during a ceremony in her honor in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Members of the Blackfeet Women’s Stand Up Headdress Society gather for a ceremony for actress Lily Gladstone in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Jenna Rock of the U.S. Army presents the colors during a ceremony for actress Lily Gladstone in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Leaders from various bands of the Blackfeet Nation gathered to honor Lily Gladstone with a ceremony in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Lily Gladstone speaks during a ceremony in honor of her accomplishments as an actress in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
William Gladstone, second cousin to Lily Gladstone, leads a victory dance in Lily’s honor during a ceremony for her accomplishments as an actress, in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Charlene Plume, maker of the stand-up headdress presented to Lily Gladstone, holds the headdress ahead of a ceremony fro Gladstone in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Blackfeet tribal leaders gather around actress Lily Gladstone as part of a ceremony in her honor in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Actress Lily Gladstone laces up her moccasins before being honored with a stand-up headdress in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Actress Lily Gladstone embraces members of the Women’s Stand Up Headdress Society after receiving a headdress, one of the highest honors The Blackfeet Nation can bestow, in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Actress Lily Gladstone embraces members of the Women’s Stand Up Headdress Society after receiving a headdress, one of the highest honors The Blackfeet Nation can bestow, in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Lily Gladstone walks with members of the Blackfeet Women’s Stand Up Headdress Society after receiving a stand-up headdress in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Lily Gladstone waves to ceremony attendees after receiving a stand-up headdress in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Master of Ceremonies Jesse DesRoiser speaks during a ceremony for actress Lily Gladstone, where she was honored with stand-up headdress in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Hundreds of members of the Blackfeet Tribe line up to greet Lily Gladstone during a ceremony in her honor in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Members of the Blackfeet Nation gather to honor actress Lily Gladstone with a standup headdress ceremony in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
Lily Gladstone takes part in a round dance during a ceremony honoring her accomplishments as an actress in Browning on March 26, 2024. Hunter D’Antuono | Flathead Beacon
