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Posted: 2024-07-17T22:11:40Z | Updated: 2024-07-17T22:11:40Z

This Septembers Primetime Emmy Awards will feature more Indigenous acting talent than ever before.

In a historic move Wednesday, Lily Gladstone and Kali Reis became the first Native American women to earn acting nominations from the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The pair not only share this groundbreaking moment ahead of the Emmys ceremony, but are now set to face off in the same category. Gladstone and Reis are both up for this seasons award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited or Anthology Series or Movie.

Gladstone, who is of Piegan Blackfeet and Nez Perce descent, is nominated for her role in Hulus Under the Bridge, a true-crime drama set on Canadas Vancouver Island.