Which actress played the role of 'Stands with a Fist' in the movie "Dances with Wolves"?

The fortunate actress who played the role of 'Stands with a Fist' in the 1990 movie "Dances with Wolves" was Mary McDonnell. She was born in 1952 in Wilkes-Barre, PA and was named Mary Eileen McDonnell. It was almost two decades after working in theater stage plays that she had her breakthrough role in a Hollywood film. It came when she worked with Kevin Costner in "Dances with Wolves". She was a white woman raised by the Sioux Indians; McDonnell received an Academy Award nomination for her performance in this film which was produced by Jim Wilson and Kevin Costner.

In the film, John Dunbar (Kevin Costner) is a wounded Civil War soldier who tries to commit suicide. He becomes a war hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to a U.S. Army post where he thinks his life will be better. He comes to a remote junction on the Western frontier. He is able to make unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe where his real thoughts, feelings, and endearing foibles come into play.