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Litefoot in 2006, photo by eyewash design
Birth Name: Gary Paul Davis
Place of Birth: Upland, San Bernardino, California, United States
Date of Birth: September 11, 1968
Ethnicity: Cherokee Native American, Chichimeca Indigenous Mexican
Litefoot is an American actor, musician, and business professional. He starred in the films The Indian in the Cupboard , Kull the Conqueror , Mortal Kombat Annihilation , The Song of Hiawatha (1997), and Adaptation. He is the executive director of the Native American Financial Services Association (NAFSA), the CEO of Davis Strategy Group, and a member of the Forbes Finance Council.
Litefoot is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation. His father is Cherokee. His mother is of Chichimeca, northern Mexican Indigenous, ancestry. He was raised in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Litefoot is married to Carmen Davis, with whom he has three children. Carmen serves as president of the Reach The Rez effort. She is Makah, Yakama, and Chippewa Cree.
Litefoot’s maternal grandfather’s surname was Pinedo.