Lily Gladstone is the first Native American to get an Oscar nod: ‘Why did it have to take this long?’

Lily Gladstone has wondered why it has taken “this long” for a Native American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award as she teases her future plans to put more untold stories of her heritage on screen.Lily Gladstone has wondered why it has taken “this long” for a Native American woman to be nominated for an Academy Award as she teases her future plans to put more untold stories of her heritage on screen.