Date of Birth:

Jan 01, 1959 (68 years)

Place of Birth:

Yorkton, Saskatchewan, Canada

Biography:

Dana Claxton (born 1959) is a Hunkpapa Lakota filmmaker, photographer, and performance artist. Her work looks at stereotypes, historical context, and gender studies of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, specifically those of the First Nations. In 2007, she was awarded an Eiteljorg Fellowship for Native American Fine Art.