Native Americans in popular culture media is the Lone Ranger's sidekick, Tonto, most famously portrayed by Native American actor Jay Silverheels. James Fenimore Cooper featured a character called "The Sagamore" in his novel "The Last of the Mohicans". Rick, the protagonist of Simon Spurrier's novel, "The Culled" (2006, book 1 of The Afterblight Chronicles), belongs to the Haudenosaunee people and is guided through crises by the sachem. Another character, named Hiawatha, saves Rick's life and advises him the Tadodaho have said Rick and Hiawatha are aligned. Throughout Sherman Alexie's poem, "How to Write the Great American Indian Novel" he states that all of the Indians
Pat Hogan in such programs as "The Rifleman", "Gunsmoke", "Broken Arrow", "Crossroads", "Zorro", "Daniel Boone" and "Texas John Slaughter". His last appearance was in the film "Indian Paint" (1965) with Jay Silverheels. He died from lung cancer on November 21, 1966, in Los Angeles, California, three months before his 47th birthday. He died in Los Angeles on November 21, 1966, aged 46. Pat Hogan Pat Hogan (February 3, 1920 - November 21, 1966) was an American actor. Born in Oklahoma, USA to a Potawatomi and Oneida family, Hogan appeared in many western television series and a few movies. Onstage, he starred in