Sheila Tousey

Sheila May Tousey born June 4 1959 is a Native American actress Tousey is a Menominee and StockbridgeMunsee Native American raised on both the Menominee and StockbridgeMunsee reservations A professional dancer and actress Tousey began doing pow wows as a small child but did not perform on stage until she attended the University of New Mexico She initially entered the universitys law program planning to specialize in federal contracts and Native American law but later changed her major to English and began taking theater arts courses After graduation Tousey enrolled in the graduate acting program at New York Universitys Tisch School of Arts