William Eagle Shirt

William "Good Lance" Eagle Shirt was a Native American actor, performer, and screenwriter who was born and raised on the Great Plains of South Dakota. He appeared in a string of Hollywood films in the 1910s and is credited with co-writing two of them.

Biography
William and his family — all Oglala Sioux — were forced to settle on the Pine Ridge Reservation, where he met and married a woman named Mattie; the pair had a daughter named Bessie. After performing in Wild West shows, he began appearing in silent films. At some point, he remarried a woman named Emma; the pair divorced in 1942 with no children.

Selected filmography

 * The Conqueror (1917)
 * The Silent Lie (1917)
 * The Last Ghost Dance (1914)
 * The Arrow Maker's Daughter (1914)
 * His Squaw (1912)
 * The Invaders (1912)
 * Custer's Last Fight (1912)
 * The Outcast (1912)
 * The Lieutenant's Last Fight (1912)
 * The Battle of the Red Men (1912) (also writer)
 * The Heart of an Indian (1912)
 * War on the Plains (1912) (also writer)