Dave Bald Eagle

• Name — David Bald Eagle • Native Name — Waniyetu Opi • Office — Lakota leader • Term Start — 1996 • Term End — 2016 • Birth Name — David William Beautiful Bald Eagle • Born — 8 April 1919 • Birthplace — Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota • Died — 22 July 2016 • Place of death — Cheyenne River Indian Reservation, South Dakota • Resting Place — Black Hills National Cemetery • Office2 — First Chief of the United Indigenous Nations of The Americas • Spouse — * Penny Rathburn • Josée Kesteman • Relations — * White Bull (grandfather) • White Feather (grandfather) • Blank1 — Mother tongue • Data1 — Lakota

Dave Bald Eagle was born in a tipi on the west banks of Cherry Creek, on the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Reservation in South Dakota. Bald Eagle first enlisted in the Fourth Cavalry of the United States Army and served out his enlistment. During World War II, he re-enlisted in the 82nd Airborne Division ("All American Division") where he fought in the Battle of Anzio, being awarded a Silver Star, and in the D-Day invasion of Normandy at which time he received a Purple Heart Medal when he was wounded. After the Second World War, Bald Eagle worked in a number of occupations including drummer, race car driver, semi-pro baseball player, and rodeo performer before beginning a career in Hollywood films. He was the grandson of famous Lakota warrior White Bull.

• Dances with Wolves (1990) as technical advisor and extra • Lakota Woman: Siege at Wounded Knee (1994) as Old man at HQ • Skins (2002) as Old Soldier • Into the West (2005) episode "Wheel to the Stars" as Two Arrows • Imprint (2007) as Medicine Man • Rich Hall's Inventing the Indian (2012) (TV Movie documentary) as himself • River of Fundament (2014) as Norman III • Neither Wolf Nor Dog (2016) as Dan