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Doris Leader Charge (May 4, 1930 – February 20, 2001), was an American translator and educator. She taught Lakota language and culture courses at Sinte Gleska University for 28 years, and worked on the film Dances With Wolves (1990) as a translator and dialogue coach; she also appeared on-screen in a minor part.
Doris Leader Charge was born on 4 May 1930 in Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), Son of the Morning Star (1991) and The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990). She died on 20 February 2001 in Mission, South Dakota, USA.
Doris Leader Charge was born on May 4, 1930 in Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), Son of the Morning Star (1991) and The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990). She died on February 20, 2001 in Mission, South Dakota, USA.
Apr 19, 2016 · Leader Charge was a Lakota language instructor at Sinte Gleska (Spotted Tail) University on the Rosebud Reservation when Wilson sent her a script to translate from the English to Lakota. Three weeks later she sent the script back to him fully translated.
May 15, 2001 · Doris Leader Charge served as Lakota language instructor at Sinte Gleska University (SGU) on the Rosebud Reservation for 27 years. “She was a driving force behind the comprehensive Lakota Studies degree programs,” according to SGU President Lionel Bordeaux.
Feb 19, 2001 · Doris Leader Charge of Parmelee died Tuesday afternoon at Sinte Gleska University in Mission, where she was a long-time Lakota language teacher. She portrayed Pretty Shield, wife of Ten...
Doris Leader Charge, a Lakota instructor at Sinte Gleska College on the Rosebud reservation, was hired to help translate the screenplay into Lakota and it was an awesome task. "Lakota is a very difficult language with so many strange sounds," she explained.
Doris Leader Charge was on the edge of her seat. She was in the audience at the March 25, 1991 Academy Awards. The Shrine Theater in Los Angeles was a long way from her home on the Rosebud Indian Reservation in South Dakota, where she was a Lakota Sioux language and culture teacher.
Impressed by her commanding presence, Kevin Costner and casting director Elisabeth Leustig decided to offer Leader Charge a speaking part of her own in the film—as Pretty Shield, the wife of Chief Ten Bears. She declined.
Doris Leader Charge was born on 4 May 1930 in Rosebud Reservation, South Dakota, USA. She was an actress, known for Dances with Wolves (1990), Son of the Morning Star (1991) and The Making of 'Dances with Wolves' (1990).
