Quannah Chasinghorse
Quannah ChasingHorse | |
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| Born | Quannah Rose Potts ChasingHorse June 6, 2002 |
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| Years active | 2019-present |
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) |
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Quannah ChasingHorse is an American model, activist, and actress. She is Sicangu Lakota and Hän Gwich'in and has appeared on the 2020 Teen Vogue list of Top 21 under 21.
Career
[edit | edit source]ChasingHorse was interested in modeling and fashion from a young age but, due to the lack of Indigenous representation she saw in magazines and fashion shows, did not think it was feasible as a career.[1] In 2020, she landed a job with Calvin Klein for their one future #ckone youth campaign. She has since been featured on the covers of Vogue Mexico,[2] Vogue Japan,[3] V Magazine, Elle, and Porter.[4]
ChasingHorse can be visually recognized for her traditional Alaskan Native face tattoos called Yidįįłtoo, which was tattooed by Jody Potts-Joseph.
She celebrates indigenous fashion and promotes sustainable indigenous brands. Her red carpet look at the Gilded Age-themed Met Gala in May 2022 went viral on social media.[5] The Navajo-inspired outfit was created by Peter Dundas, Tabitha Simmons, Gucci Westman, and 2006 Miss Navajo Nation Jocelyn Billy-Upshaw, a family friend.[6] Refinery29 called her the "breakout star" of the event.[7] That same week, she walked her first runway at New York Fashion Week.[8]
In March 2023, ChasingHorse was named one of USA TODAY's Women of the Year honorees for her advocacy of "issues of environmentalism, sustainability, women's rights and Native American rights."[9]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Born on the Navajo Nation in Tuba City, Arizona,[10] ChasingHorse is Hän Gwich'in of the Native Village of Eagle in Eagle Village, Alaska, on her mother Jody Potts-Joseph's side. Her biological father is Nathan Chasing Horse (Sicangu-Oglala Lakota from South Dakota).[11][12]
ChasingHorse spent her early childhood with her mother in Arizona, Mongolia (where her maternal grandparents were Christian missionaries[13]), and New Mexico before the family returned to her maternal homelands in Alaska when she was six.[14] She and her two brothers were raised to hunt, fish, and dog mush, by their single mother, who taught them a subsistence lifestyle.[15][16] She lived in Kenny Lake and then Fairbanks.[14] She attended Effie Kokrine Charter School.[17]
ChasingHorse is a fourth-generation land protector for the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge as part of the Alaska Wilderness League.[18][19] At age 17, she sat on the International Gwich’in Youth Council, traveling to Washington, D.C., New York, and Colorado. She lobbied against oil leasing that would damage the refuge and supported HR 11-46, a bill that would permanently protect the land. She participated in climate rallies both locally and in Denver. She has spoken on climate action and indigenous rights at a number of events and panels.[20][21]
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Documentary
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Ref. |
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| 2024 | Bad River | Narrator | [22] |
| 2025 | The American Southwest | Narrator | [23] |
Short films
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes | Ref. |
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| 2022 | Walking Two Worlds | Co-Subject | Documentary
Part of: The North Face Presents |
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Awards and nominations
[edit | edit source]| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | |
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| 2022 | Santa Monica Film Festival | Best Documentary Short | Walking Two Worlds | Won | |
| 2025 | Sierra Club | Trail Blazer Award | Environmentalism | Honoree | [25] |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Quannah Chasinghorse at IMDb
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- Living people
- 21st-century Alaska Native people
- 21st-century American actresses
- 21st-century Native American women
- 21st-century Native American people
- Activists for Native American rights
- Alaska Native activists
- Alaska Native actors
- 21st-century Alaska Native women
- American child activists
- American climate activists
- American Gwichʼin people
- American Indigenous rights activists
- American television actresses
- American women environmentalists
- American environmentalists
- Sicangu women
- Hän
- IMG Models models
- Lakota actresses
- Native American actresses
- Native American environmentalists
- Native American female models
- Native American people from Arizona
- Native American women activists
- Oglala activists
- Oglala actors
- Oglala women
- People from Fairbanks, Alaska
- People from Rosebud Indian Reservation, South Dakota
- People from Tuba City, Arizona
- Youth climate activists
- Alaskan Athabaskan women
- American women human rights activists