Floyd Westerman (August 17, 1936 – December 13, 2007) was a Sisseton Dakotamusician, political activist, and actor. After establishing a career as a country music singer, later in his life he became an actor, usually depicting Native American elders in American films and television. He is also credited as

Floyd Red Crow Westerman.As a political activist, he spoke and marched for Native American causes.

He was born Floyd Westerman on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, home of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate, a federally recognized tribe that is one of the sub-tribes of the Eastern Dakota section of the Great Sioux Nation, located in the U.S. state of South Dakota. His Indigenous name Kanghi Duta means “Red Crow” in the Dakota language (which is one of the three related Siouan languages of the Great Plains).