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name image description ethnic group occupation date of birth date of death country of citizenship place of birth place of death wikidata item site links
Sally Ainse Oneida fur trader Oneida diplomat
fur trader
No/unknown value 1823 Amherstburg Q7405036 1
Big Eyes Wichita Indian, captive of Coronado’s expedition Wichita people explorer 1520 Q98593529 1
Pocahontas
American native woman Powhatan writer 1596 1617-03 Tsenacommacah
Kingdom of England
Werowocomoco Gravesend Q193406 60
Molly Brant Canadian aboriginal leader Haudenosaunee Loyalist 1736 1796-04-16 Canada
Kingdom of Great Britain
Ohio River Valley
Canajoharie
Kingston Q1396262 9
Jane Johnston Schoolcraft
19th century American Indian literary author Ojibwe historian
poet
writer
translator
1800-01-31 1842-05-22 United States of America Sault Ste. Marie Dundas Q3028529 8
Josette Juneau
Menominee humanitarian Menominee
Métis
1803-04-16 1855-11-19 Fort Howard Q98593478 1
Eliza Missouri Bushyhead Alberty Cherokee educator and businesswoman (1839-1919) Cherokee educator
businessperson
hotel manager
1839-01-03 1919-11-05 Missouri Claremore Q98593461 1
Tomassa Comanche interpreter Comanche 1840 1900-12-06 Mexico Grady County Q98593467 0
Lozen Apache prophetess and warrior Apache warrior
shaman
resistance fighter
1840
1845
1889-06-17 Ojo Caliente Mount Vernon Arsenal Q443262 12
Sarah Winnemucca
Native American writer, activist, scout, and teacher Paiute people writer
teacher
1844 1891-10-17 United States of America Humboldt Sink Idaho Q438194 22
The Other Magpie Woman warrior of Crow tribe Crow Nation 1849 1900 Q7755494 1
Rosie Jarvis Kashaya Pomo tribal historian Pomo people 1851 1955 Sonoma County Q98593491 0
Pretty Shield Crow medicine woman Crow Nation writer
autobiographer
1856 1944 United States of America Q7242284 2
Maria Chona American Tohono O'odham basket weaver Tohono O'odham artist 1858
1845
1936 Q62131471 1
Nampeyo
Hopi-Tewa potter (1859–1942) Hopi people painter
ceramicist
1859 1942 United States of America Hano, Arizona Arizona Q2060870 10
Annie Miner Peterson American linguistic consultant Miluk people
Coos people
1860 1939 Q4769388 2
Sarah Jim Mayo Washoe basket maker, 1860-1945 Washo people basket weaver
painter
1860
1858
1945
1918
Q98592724 2
Pauline Johnson
Canadian poet and performer Mohawk people writer
poet
actor
1861-03-10 1913-03-07 Canada Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Vancouver Q2716914 23
Mabel Washbourne Anderson Cherokee writer Cherokee writer
teacher
1863 1949-09-05 United States of America Arkansas Tulsa Q58236938 0
Mother Mary Catherine Sacred White Buffalo
Hunkpapa Lakota Catholic nun Sioux 1867 1893 Q98593502 1
Lucy Telles
Mono Paiute-Miwok basket weaver from Mono Lake & Yosemite Valley, California Miwok people
Paiute people
basket weaver 180s 1955
1956
United States of America Mono County Q6698530 2
Viola Jimulla Chief of Yavapai-Prescott Tribe Yavapai-Apache Nation tribal chief 1878 1966 San Carlos Apache Indian Reservation Q7933024 1
Roberta Lawson American activist Lenape politician 1878-10-31 1940-12-31 United States of America Tulsa Q7351519 1
Laura Cornelius Kellogg
Native American activist Oneida linguist 1880 1949 United States of America Green Bay Q9033413 8
Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone
American soprano (1882-1985) Muscogee
Cherokee
singer 1882-12-13 1985-01-10 United States of America Eufaula San Diego Q16011390 4
Mountain Wolf Woman Native American woman Ho-Chunk autobiographer 1884-04 1960-11-09 United States of America Q6925445 2
Maria Martinez
Native American potter 1887-1980 Tewa people potter
artist
1887 1980-06-20 United States of America San Ildefonso Pueblo San Ildefonso Pueblo Q2660929 14
Elizabeth Bender Roe Cloud
American educator and Native American rights activist Ojibwe teacher
activist
1887-04-02 1965-09-16 United States of America White Earth Indian Reservation Portland Q35885508 3
Mary Augusta Tappage Evans Native American Soda Creek/Deep Creek Band
Secwépemc
Métis
writer
poet
1888 1978 Soda Creek Q98592723 1
Bonita Wa Wa Calachaw Nuñez Luiseño painter Luiseño
Rincon Reservation
artist
painter
writer
activist
1888-12-25 1972-05-12 United States of America Valley Center New York City Q98590669 1
Lena Frank Dick Washoe basket weaver Washo people basket weaver 1889 1965 Q98593528 1
Tonita Peña
Native American painter and muralist San Ildefonso Pueblo painter
teacher
1893-05-10
1895-06-13
1949-09-09 United States of America Real Sitio de San Ildefonso Kewa Pueblo Q18336552 4
Marie Mason Potts Maidu activist and writer (1895–1978) Maidu writer 1895 1978 Q20005815 2
Sanapia Comanche medicine woman and spiritual healer Comanche herbalist 1895-05-20 1984-01-23 United States of America Fort Sill Q7415505 1
Florence Davidson Canadian artist (1896–1993) Haida people basket weaver 1896 1993
1993-12-13
Masset Q5460598 1
Alma Greene Mohawk autobiographer Mohawk people writer 1896 1983 Q98590673 0
Ruth Muskrat
American poet Cherokee poet
writer
1897-10-03 1982-06-12 United States of America Indian Territory Tucson Q20006564 8
Anna Moore Shaw American writer Pima Bajo writer 1898 1976-04-18 Gila River Indian Reservation Q11905654 2
Lucy M. Lewis
Acoma ceramic artist Acoma Pueblo tribe ceramicist 1898 1992-03-12 United States of America Acoma Pueblo Acoma Pueblo Q13560693 2
Helen Sekaquaptewa Hopi folk heroine Hopi people homemaker 1898 1991 Q98590662 1
Agnes Vanderburg
US Native American Salish peoples writer 1901 1989 Q23935104 3
Essie Pinola Parrish Kashaya Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman from California Pomo people basket weaver 1902 1979 United States of America Q5399886 1
Maude Kegg Ojibwe traditionalist, bead artist, and author from Minnesota Ojibwe writer
folklorist
beadworker
1904-08-26 1996-01-06 United States of America Crow Wing County Minnesota Q6744955 5
Lucille Jerry Winnie Seneca/Cayuga author Seneca
Cayuga people
1905 Q98593495 1
Helen Pease Wolf Absaroka writer 1906-1995 Crow Nation writer 1906-12-28 1995-03-03 Q94574103 0
Mabel McKay Cache Creek Pomo-Patwin basketweaver and the last Pomo dream doctor in California Pomo people basket weaver 1907-01-12 1993
1993-05-31
United States of America Nice Q13560696 2
Jeannette Henry Costo co-founder of the American Indian Historical Society and the Indian Historian Press Cherokee activist
author
1908-06-27 2001-01-31 United States of America San Francisco San Francisco Q98566370 2
Daisy Hooee Nampeyo artist, born 1910-died 1994 Hopi people
Tewa people
potter
artist
1910 1994 Q21979448 1
Lucy Covington Native American activist (1910-1982) Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation activist 1910-11-24 1982-09-20 United States of America Nespelem Q6698251 2
Bertha Little Coyote Cheyenne author, artist, and singer Cheyennes 1912 2003 Q98590656 1
Natachee Scott Momaday Cherokee teacher, poet, and painter Cherokee 1913 1996-09-26 Q98590651 0
Yeffe Kimball American painter who fabricated a Native American identity, 1906-1978 Osage Nation
Native Americans in the United States
Caucasian race
painter
artist
1914
1906-03-30
1978 Mountain Park
Missouri
Q22003266 1
Garnet Pavatea Native American Hopi people
Tewa people
artist 1915 1981 Q98590664 1
Helen Cordero
American artist Cochiti ceramicist 1915-06-15 1994-07-24 United States of America village of Cochiti Q5702067 6
Helen White Peterson American Native American rights administrator Oglala Lakota
Sioux
lobbyist
public administration
1915-08-03 2000-07-10 United States of America Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Vancouver Q26721121 2
Sadie Brower Neakok Alaskan judge Inupiat people judge 1916 2004 Q66692706 1
Roberta Blackgoat Big Mountain Diné elder Navajo environmentalist
painter
1917 2002 Q98593485 1
Mary Tallmountain American poet Alaskan Athabaskans poet
writer
1918-06-19 1994-09-02 United States of America Nulato Petaluma Q6102896 3
Ignatia Broker Ojibwe writer (1919-1987) Ojibwe novelist 1919-02-14 1987-06-23 United States of America White Earth Indian Reservation Minnesota Q11926463 2
Hildreth Marie Twostars Venegas Indian Health Service administrator (1919-2013) Sioux 1919-10-27 2013-04-15 Q98593522 0
Poldine Carlo
American author Alaskan Athabaskans writer 1920-12-05 2018-05-09 United States of America Nulato Fairbanks Q6092168 6
Grace Thorpe
World War II veteran, environmentalist, tribal court judge, and Native rights activist (1921-2008) environmentalist
paralegal
1921-12-10 2008-04-01 United States of America Oklahoma Q3113023 10
Ruth Arrington Creek actress and communications professor Muscogee actor
writer
1924 Tulsa Q98593468 0
Winifred Tiger Seminole Tribe educator Cherokee 1924-03-25 2006-05-30 Q98593464 0
Maria Tallchief
American ballerina (1925-2013) Osage Nation ballet dancer 1925-01-24 2013-04-11 United States of America Fairfax Chicago Q264400 34
Alice Blue Legs Lakota quillworker Sioux handicrafter
quillworker
1925-07-26 2003-01-02 United States of America Pine Ridge Indian Reservation Rapid City Q56167036 1
Louise Abeita 20th century Isleta Pueblo author Isleta Puebloan writer
poet
1926-09-09 2014-07-21 United States of America Isleta Pueblo Albuquerque Q6688596 4
Nora Marks Dauenhauer
American Tlingit writer and poet Tlingit poet
writer
scholar
anthropologist
1927-05-08 2017-09-25 United States of America Juneau Juneau Q448138 13
Kenojuak Ashevak
Inuit artist Inuit sculptor
printmaker
drawer
1927-10-03 2013-01-08 Canada Baffin Island Kinngait Q122347 18
Yvonne Chouteau American ballet dancer (1929-2016) Cherokee ballet dancer 1929-03-07 2016-01-24 United States of America Fort Worth Oklahoma City Q8062431 3
Connie Redbird Pinkerman-Uri first Native American woman to hold degrees in both law and medicine Choctaw
Cherokee
lawyer
physician
1930 2009 Wheatland Q98593465 1
Sister Genevieve Cuny Oglala Lakota Franciscan educator and administrator Sioux 1930 Q98593499 0
Viola Hatch Native American activist and politician Arapaho people politician 1930-02-12 2019-04-22 United States of America Q19878664 2
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Sioux writer and editor Crow Nation
Muscogee
Sioux
poet
novelist
writer
university teacher
1930-11-17 2023-07-05 United States of America
Crow Creek Sioux Tribe
Fort Thompson Rapid City Q544900 4
Joan Hill
American artist (1930-2020) Cherokee
Muscogee
painter 1930-12-19 2020-06-16 United States of America Muskogee Muskogee Q6205125 4
Laura Mae Osceola Seminole tribe's first secretary and treasurer Seminole 1932-11-13 2003-10-07 Dania Beach Q98593494 0
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve Lakota author Sioux writer
journalist
children's writer
1933-01-21 United States of America South Dakota Q3025486 6
Carol Lee Sanchez Native American poet Laguna people
Sioux
poet
writer
1934 2014 United States of America Q5044435 2
Janet McCloud American Indian activist Tulalip people activist 1934-03-30 2003-11-25 United States of America Q6153499 3
Henrietta Mann Cheyenne educator Cheyennes academic
educator
1934-05-22 United States of America Clinton Q98566569 2
Verna Kirkness Cree scholar and indigenous language proponent Cree faculty member
writer
linguist
teacher
1935 Canada Fisher River Cree Nation Q25907342 3
Ada Deer
Native American activist, scholar, and civil servant (1935-2023) Menominee politician
activist
university teacher
1935-08-07 2023-08-15 United States of America Keshena Fitchburg Q4678247 5
Lorraine Mae Rousseau first tribal Chairwoman of the Sisseton- Wahpeton Sioux tribe Sioux 1936 Q98593501 0
Ethel C. Krepps secretary of the Kiowa tribe, nurse and lawyer Plains Apache lawyer
nurse
1937-10-31 1996-07-15 Mountain View Q98593474 0
Grace Medicine Flower
Grace Medicine Flower
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Santa Clara Pueblo potter 1938-12-13 Santa Clara Pueblo Q28935084 1
Rina Swentzell Native American architect Santa Clara Pueblo architect 1939 2015-10-30 Q98590687 0
Jaune Quick–to–See Smith Native American painter and printmaker Cree
Shoshone
Salish peoples
Métis
painter
printmaker
architectural draftsperson
artist
1940-01-15 United States of America St. Ignatius Mission Q4415659 7
Diane Glancy
American poet, author, playwright Cherokee playwright
poet
novelist
writer
1941 United States of America Kansas City Q5271470 4
Clara Sue Kidwell Native American academic scholar, historian, feminist Choctaw
Ojibwe
historian 1941-07-08 United States of America Tahlequah Q19998203 3
Jody Folwell American artist Santa Clara Pueblo potter 1942 Q16105915 1
Claudeen Arthur Native American lawyer Navajo lawyer 1942 2004-11-27 Q84349201 1
Pitaloosie Saila Canadian artist Inuit artist
printmaker
1942-08-11 2021-07-24 Canada Kinngait Kinngait Q3389319 3
Crying Wind American novelist Kickapoo people writer 1943 Q5190478 2
Madeline Melba White Native American artist (1943-2009) Sioux artist 1943-02-19 2009-12-20 Q98593523 0
Helen Hardin American artist (1943-1984) Santa Clara Pueblo painter 1943-05-28 1984-06-09 United States of America Albuquerque Albuquerque Q3784507 6
Anna Mae Aquash Native American activist (1945-1975) Mi’kmaw activist
politician
human rights activist
1945-03-27 1975-12 Canada Shubenacadie South Dakota Highway 73 Q459256 13
Suzan Shown Harjo
Cheyenne-Holdulgee Muscogee activist, poet, writer, lecturer, and curator Cherokee
Muscogee
writer
curator
journalist
social activist
1945-06-02 United States of America El Reno Q7650685 8
Wilma Mankiller
Chief of the Cherokee Nation Cherokee writer
tribal chief
autobiographer
1945-11-18 2010-04-06 United States of America Tahlequah Adair County Q2327358 28
Gail Tremblay Onondaga-Mi'kmaq installation artist, weaver, poet, and educator Onondaga
Mi’kmaw
university teacher
writer
artist
1945-12-15 2023-05-03 United States of America Buffalo Olympia Q544855 5
Angie Reano Owen Native American jeweler Kewa Pueblo 1946 Q98590688 0
Janet Campbell Hale Native American writer Coeur d'Alene people writer
children's writer
1946-01-11 2021-11-23 United States of America Q6153245 3
Alice Cling Native American Navajo potter Navajo potter
ceramicist
1946-03-21 United States of America Tonalea Q28935547 1
Tillie Black Bear Lakota Sioux educator, domestic violence and child abuse activist, former Executive Director of the White Buffalo Calf Woman Society Sioux 1946-12-10 2014-07-19 Q28793716 1
Linda Hogan
Chickasaw writer Chickasaw poet
novelist
writer
1947-07-16 United States of America Denver Q6551648 8
Ramona Sakiestewa
Hopi artist Hopi people weaver 1948 United States of America Albuquerque Q23682454 2
Liz Sohappy Bahe Yakima poet Yakama writer 1948 Toppenish Q98593532 0
Jeannette Armstrong Canadian writer Okanagan people poet
author
novelist
writer
man of letters
literary scholar
indigenous rights activist
essayist
university teacher
1948 Canada Q599358 4
Leslie Marmon Silko
American writer Laguna people poet
novelist
writer
essayist
1948-03-05 United States of America Albuquerque Q273001 15
Wendy Rose American anthropologist, poet, painter Miwok people
Hopi people
anthropologist
poet
painter
writer
1948-05-07 United States of America Oakland Q7982776 6
Emma LaRocque Canadian academic Cree
Métis
academic 1949 Canada Q43376596 1
Betty Louise Bell Native American Studies professor, novelist Cherokee novelist
writer
1949-11-23 United States of America Q4898907 3
Lenore Keeshig-Tobias Canadian author and advocate for Indigenous writers in Canada Ojibwe
Potawatomi
writer
children's writer
1950 Canada Wiarton Q62081969 1
Shirley Bordeaux Choctaw/Sioux business analyst Choctaw
Sioux
1950 Valentine Q98593466 0
nila northSun
American writer and historian Ojibwe
Shoshone
poet
writer
1951 United States of America Schurz Q7036822 1
Virginia Stroud
United Keetoowah Band Cherokee painter from Oklahoma Cherokee painter 1951-03-13 United States of America Madera Q7934596 3
Geraldine Keams American actress Navajo actor
stage actor
film actor
1951-08-19 United States of America Flagstaff Q5549758 3
Caleen A. Sisk-Franco Winnemem Wintu chief and educator Wintu people 1952 Q98593531 0
Laura Tohe
American Navajo writer, poet Navajo librettist
poet
writer
1952 United States of America Q11931225 4
Anita Endrezze American artist and poet Yaqui people painter
poet
1952-03-13 United States of America Long Beach Q4765527 2
Pablita Abeyta Navajo sculptor and activist (1953-2017) Navajo sculptor
artist
museum assistant
lobbyist
political activist
1953-07-20 2017-01-31 United States of America Gallup Washington, D.C. Q368750 3
Luci Tapahonso
Navaho poet laureate Navajo writer
children's writer
1953-11-08 United States of America Shiprock Q6696604 5
Ofelia Zepeda American linguist Tohono O'odham linguist
poet
writer
university teacher
editor
1954-03-24 United States of America Pinal County Q447797 8
Mary Goose Meskwaki/Chippewa poet Meskwaki
Ojibwe
1955 Des Moines Q98593480 0
Jacki Thompson Rand Choctaw historian Choctaw writer 1956 Q98566636 0
Winona LaDuke
author and activist Ojibwe economist
novelist
politician
writer
environmentalist
1959-08-18 United States of America Los Angeles Q118969 27
Melody L. McCoy Cherokee lawyer Cherokee lawyer 1960 Q98593462 0
Velma Wallis American writer, Gwich'in people Gwich'in people
Alaskan Athabaskans
novelist
writer
1960 United States of America Fort Yukon Q292175 8
Heid E. Erdrich
American poet Ojibwe poet
writer
film producer
1963-11-26 United States of America Q17612384 1
Patricia A. Dixon Luiseño professor of American Indian Studies Luiseño 1971 Q98593476 0
Irene Stewart Navajo politician and activist b. 1907 Navajo Q98567051 0
Kathryn Shanley Native American Assiniboine people Q98590637 0
Vivian Ayoungman Siksika educator Blackfoot Confederacy Q98590639 0
Ruby Modesto Native American Cahuilla people
Serrano people
Q98590640 0
Helen Slwooko Carius Native American Inuit Q98590668 0
Louise Lone Dog Mohawk and Lenape writer Mohawk people
Lenape
Q98590674 0
Charlotte De Clue Osage poet Osage Nation writer Q98590685 0
Agnes Picotte Native American Sioux United States of America Q98590693 0
Mary Jo Brooks Hunter law professor, first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Ho-Chunk Nation Ho-Chunk lawyer Q98593470 0
Netnokwa Ottawa leader (c.1740/1750-c. 1815/1820) Odawa fur trader Q98593488 1

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