Bio
Michael Spears' acting credits include roles in Dances with Wolves, as well as the television movies Lakota Woman, Skins, The Broken Chain and The Broken Cord.
He is a member of the Lakota Sioux Lower Brule Tribe of South Dakota, and can speak Lakota but is not fluent in it.
He travels to schools and universities throughout the United States as an inspirational speaker and has close ties with his Native American heritage as a professional solo singer and dancer. Spears is currently working on his first album of his original songs.
He attended, and was a mentor at, the 2nd annual HatcH audiovisual festival in Bozeman, Montana in October 2005. HatcH is a film and arts festival whose mission is to provide mentorship, education, inspiration, and recognition to the next generation of creative innovators.