A citizen of the Oglala Lakota tribe Eddie had parts in 36 feature films and over 60 television shows,[1] mainly westerns in the role of a Native American.

Hollywood normally used white actors wearing black wigs and dark make-up to play the parts of Native Americans.

He also played in many films such as The Light in the Forest, Paint Your Wagon, Duel at Diablo, Breakheart Pass, and The Hallelujah Trail, but he is mainly remembered[by whom?]

Upon his retirement from the film industry in the late 1970s, he worked as director of the Oglala Lakota Tribal Parks and Recreation Authority.

[2] Eddie Little Sky died on September 5, 1997, aged 71 in Pennington County, South Dakota from lung cancer.