Last year, Lily Gladstone found herself in a season defined by motion. In Fancy Dance , she played a woman navigating tribal custody systems while searching for her missing sister, and in Reservation Dogs , she appeared in a darkly funny, critically acclaimed series about Indigenous teens coming of age in rural Oklahoma. Then came Killers of the Flower Moon , where her portrayal of Mollie Burkhart — an Osage woman living through the Reign of Terror — earned her an Oscar nomination for Best Actress, making her the first Native American woman ever nominated in the category.

That led to an avalanche of press, premieres, long flights, and early calls. As her schedule intensified, she felt an urge to return to the places and practices that kept her grounded — “recognizing where I was hap

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