Tyrone Tootoosis (May 9, 1958 – February 12, 2017) was a Plains Cree storyteller, activist, culture keeper and dancer.

[1] He was a member of the Tootoosis family and was a descendant of Yellow Mud Blanket, a brother of Chief Poundmaker, also known as Pîhtokahanapiwiyin.

Following the tradition of his family, he became a culture keeper for his community[2] and was a storyteller, historian, pow wow dancer and social activist.

Tootoosis played Poundmaker, his great-great-granduncle, in the TV mini-series, Big Bear (1998).

[6] Tootoosis died on February 12, 2017, near Duck Lake, Saskatchewan, of colon cancer.