In 2018, WKelsey Asbille, a profile picture, stated that she is Cherokee, English, and Chinese. Many are questioning Asbille’s claims to Native heritage. A survey of her IMDbIt is revealed that she was listed in credits until 2017 “Kelsey Chow.”In the same year, she also debuted her first Native American role as Jeremy Renner’s. “Wind River,”She was awarded the following credit: “Kelsey Asbille.”When TMZasked about the change in 2018, Asbille revealed that it happened “a year or so”Before her casting in “Wind River.” “It’s tricky when you’re mixed race,”Asbille explained the reasoning. “You feel like people put you in a box a little bit … It was a nice way to give me a blank slate.”She also shrugged off any controversy she may have been involved in. “Yellowstone’ role, telling TMZ, “This heritage is mine, and it’s natural for me to draw inspiration from it.”
In the same W piece, Asbille also revealed that she studied indigenous rights as part of her undergrad degree at Columbia University. “It’s been a blessing to get to explore native culture,” Asbille said. “As a person of mixed race, as you get older it matters more to you who you are and where you come from. So to be able to get in touch with that side of my heritage has been amazing.”