Geraldine Keams (born August , in Flagstaff, Arizona) is a Navajo
actress. She is best known for her work in numerous television series,
often playing a maternal role. She is a member of the Navajo
Nation.Keams was born on August , in Flagstaff, Arizona. She was
raised on the Navajo reservation then went to the University of
Arizona, where she studied drama and film.After graduating from
college, Keams moved to New York City to pursue theater. In New York,
she wrote and performed with Hanay Geiogamah's (Kiowa/Delaware) Native
American Theater Ensemble at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. She
adapted a Navajo creation story for the production Na Haaz Zan and
also performed in Geiogamah's Body Indian. The ensemble took both
pieces on tour in and , performing at the University of New Mexico,
the College of Santa Fe, Haskell Indian Junior College, the Walker Art
Center, the American Indian Center in Chicago, the Smithsonian
Institutution, Rough Rock Demonstration School in Chinle, Arizona,
Springfield College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the
University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee,
Dartmouth College, and the University at Buffalo, among other
places.Keams made her film debut playing Little Moonlight in Clint
Eastwood's western The Outlaw Josey Wales ().
actress. She is best known for her work in numerous television series,
often playing a maternal role. She is a member of the Navajo
Nation.Keams was born on August , in Flagstaff, Arizona. She was
raised on the Navajo reservation then went to the University of
Arizona, where she studied drama and film.After graduating from
college, Keams moved to New York City to pursue theater. In New York,
she wrote and performed with Hanay Geiogamah's (Kiowa/Delaware) Native
American Theater Ensemble at La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club. She
adapted a Navajo creation story for the production Na Haaz Zan and
also performed in Geiogamah's Body Indian. The ensemble took both
pieces on tour in and , performing at the University of New Mexico,
the College of Santa Fe, Haskell Indian Junior College, the Walker Art
Center, the American Indian Center in Chicago, the Smithsonian
Institutution, Rough Rock Demonstration School in Chinle, Arizona,
Springfield College, the University of Massachusetts Amherst, the
University of Michigan, the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee,
Dartmouth College, and the University at Buffalo, among other
places.Keams made her film debut playing Little Moonlight in Clint
Eastwood's western The Outlaw Josey Wales ().
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