Ms. Nauni’s recent TV accomplishment is in Paramount+ “1883”, where she portrays a Comanche woman on the Great Plains. “1883”, created by Yellowstone’s Taylor Sheridan, and stars Sam Elliott, Tim McGraw, and Faith Hill, and follows the Dutton family on a journey west through the Great Plains. In search of a better life, the Dutton family leaves Texas and embarks on a journey to Montana. “1883” premiered December 19, 2021 and can be seen on Paramount+. (Pictured is Marla on the set of “1883.”)
Her latest film accomplishment was performing in Apple’s “Killers of the Flower Moon” (Film), Bartlesville, OK, which was filmed throughout Osage county, Oklahoma. “Killers of the Flower Moon,” was directed by Martin Scorsese, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert De Niro, Tantoo Cardinal, and Tatanka Means, and is set to be released late 2022. The storyline is Members of the Osage tribe in the United States are murdered under mysterious circumstances in the 1920s, sparking a major FBI investigation involving J. Edgar Hoover.
Ms. Nauni also starred in Big Productions documentary, OETA’s “Back in Time: Osage Murders – The Reign of Terror,” and can be viewed on Youtube. She played the Lead Role of “Anna Brown”, an Osage headright owner who mysteriously disappears in the 1920’s. This documentary explored the systematic murders of the Osage from 1910 to 1930 in an organized effort to rob them of their oil and money. Other TV accomplishments include performing in Disney/FX “Reservation Dogs,” (TV), Paramount’s “Yellowstone,” (TV) S3E6, and AMC’s “The Son”, (TV), S1E10 & S2E8.
MARLA NAUNI, (Wolf) – Ms. Nauni’s late mother was Martha (White Pigeon) Nauni, her maternal grandparents were the late Rev. Lester James White Pigeon, Sr. and Almeda (Pierce) White Pigeon. Her great grandparents were the late Newton Pierce and Cynthia Laura John Pierce.
