Fred Murree (October 7, 1861 – March 6, 1950), also known as Bright Star, was a Pawnee professional roller skater.

[3] Born in Nebraska Territory, he and his family were exiled by the US government and fled to Boston, where Bright Star became a champion roller speed skater during the skating boom of 1880–1910.

[4] According to Murree's account of his own life, he enrolled in public school in Boston and found that he constantly had to fight other students who attacked him because of his race and his long, braided hair.

[4] While working at the rink, he commissioned custom Plimpton brand roller skates with pin bearing wheels and began to train as a speed skater.

Kenneth Skinner, the fastest speed skater of the Boston area and the five-mile record holder, was expected to win the race.

[3] Following his win against Skinner, the crowd of spectators carried Murree away on their shoulders and celebrated with him into the early morning hours.

[7] He met his wife, a British woman named Francis Alice Clews, at a roller rink in Boston.

A skating instructor in Detroit described Murree's act as consisting of intricate movements of four-leaf clovers, grape vines, spirals, and spread eagles.

[4] Murree wore a feathered headdress made by Chief White Horn,[10] a self-claimed alias of Levi Levering.

From the Omaha nation, Levering was forcibly immersed in white culture at the Carlisle Indian Industrial School.

[11] The public in the US and in Europe during the era of Murree's career were fascinated by American Indians because of movies and popular stories.