TORONTO, ON — Graham Greene, the trailblazing Canadian First Nations actor whose Oscar-nominated performance in "Dances with Wolves" helped open doors for Indigenous actors in Hollywood, died Monday in a Toronto hospital after a long illness. He was 73.

Greene's agent Michael Greene confirmed the death to Deadline and other outlets, calling him "a great man of morals, ethics and character and will be eternally missed."

Born June 22, 1952, in Ohsweken on the Six Nations Reserve in Ontario, Greene worked various jobs before pursuing acting. He began performing in Canadian and English theater productions in the 1970s and made his screen debut in 1979 on the Canadian series "The Great Detective."

Greene's breakthrough came when Kevin Costner cast him as Kicking Bird in the 1990 Western "Dan

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