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3 unusual facts about Iron Eyes Cody


E. Donald Two-Rivers

Brought up first on the reservation and then in the urban Native community in Chicago, Two-Rivers has been an activist for Native rights since the 1970s, for which he was awarded the Iron Eyes Cody Award for Peace in 1992.

Keep America Beautiful

In what became known as the "Crying Indian ad," the television ad featured actor Iron Eyes Cody, who portrayed a Native American man devastated to see the destruction of the earth's natural beauty caused by the thoughtless pollution and litter of a modern society.

South Coast Botanic Garden

A remake of the "Crying Indian" public service ad by Keep America Beautiful, featuring Iron Eyes Cody, was filmed at South Coast Botanical Gardens.



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