DiCaprio wins at Golden Globes, urges recognition of indigenous people and lands

After Leonardo DiCaprio won this year's Golden Globe award for best actor in a drama, the star ofThe Revenantused his acceptance speech to "sharethis award with all the First Nations peoplerepresentedin this film."

Among themis eight-year-oldIsaiah Tootoosis from thePoundmakerFirst Nation west of the Battlefords, Sask.

Tootoosis played the son of DiCaprio's character in the film.

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Along with recognizing his co-stars,DiCaprio urged recognition of indigenous people's history and lands.

"It is time that we recognize your history, and that we protect your indigenous lands from corporateinterestsand people that[are] out there to exploit them," he said. "It is time that we heard your voice and protected this planet for futuregenerations."

The film also includedseveral Canadian aboriginal actors, along with Tootoosis.

In a previousinterview with CBC News,Tootoosissaid he didn't know much about the star of the film until he returned home and was shown DiCaprio's moviesTitanicandGangs of New York.

His mother, Rachel Berland,said hewas a bit bewildered whenDiCaprio gave him an autographed picture.

"He handed it to me and was like, 'My movie dad gave this to me and I don't know why," Berland said.

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Clay Landry, who wasthe film's historical consultant,joined host Leisha Grebinski on CBC'sSaskatoon Morningto talk about how he and two colleagues Loren Yellowbird and Craig Falcon ensured indigenous culture and people were accurately portrayed in the film.

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"I just kind of worked inco-ordinationwith those guys," Landrysaid. "If Ihad any questions about what we were doing on the presentation ofnative culture, I would go to those two guys."

Yellowbirdtaughtthe film's actors the various indigenous languages heard in the film, likePawnee or Lakota, Landry said.

Craig Falcon gaveadvice on culture presentation for the film.

"Those two guys would always tell me, 'We'rewatchingeverything because you know who our friends,neighboursand relatives are going tocome to if they see something in this film that they thinkdoesn'tfit.They're going to be calling us up,'" he said.