Charlie Hill: Google doodle celebrates 71st birthday of American stand-up comedian, actor
The Google Doodle for today honours Charlie Hill, the first Native American stand-up comedian to appear on national television, on his 71st birthday. One of the first comedians to publicly challenge Native stereotypes on major talk show programmes, Hill, who is of Oneida (Onyoteaká), Mohawk (Kanien’kehá:ka), and Cree (Néhinaw) ancestry, made his way up the…