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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
Weetamoo
Native American leader Wampanoag people politician 1635 1676 Taunton Q4470200 9
Queen Ann Ruler of the Pamunkey tribe Indigenous peoples of the Americas
Pamunkey
politician
weroance
1650 1718 Q7270205 2
Kateri Tekakwitha
Roman Catholic saint (1656–1680) Mohawk
Algonquin people
Indigenous peoples of the Americas
religious sister 1656 1680-04-17 Canada Montgomery County Kahnawake Q609 40
Mary Musgrove Muscogee Creek diplomat Muscogee diplomat 1700 1763
1765
Q6780402 4
Molly Brant Canadian aboriginal leader Iroquois Loyalist 1736 1796-04-16 Canada
Kingdom of Great Britain
Ohio River Valley
Canajoharie
Kingston Q1396262 9
Nancy Ward
Cherokee Ghighau, or Beloved Woman, and warrior, introduced dairying to the Cherokee and advocating for the return of matriarchy Cherokee politician 1738 1822
1824
United States of America
Cherokee Nation
Chota Tennessee Q292814 12
Marie Aioe Dorion 18th and 19th century Iowa Indian who was the only female member of the Astor Expedition Iowa people explorer 1786 1850-09-05 Iowa Saint Louis Q6762736 5
Sacagawea
Native American woman & companion to Lewis and Clark at age 16 Shoshone explorer
interpreter
Aitzindari
association football player
politician
1788-05-16
1786
1812-12-12
1884-04-09
United States of America Salmon Fort Lisa Q238960 48
Catharine Brown 1800?-1823 Cherokee woman educated at Brainerd Mission near Chattanooga, Tenn. Cherokee teacher 1800 1823 United States of America Q55946674 2
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
Woman Chief
Crow Indian Chief (1806-1854) Gros Ventre people
Crow Nation
politician 1806 1854 Fort Union Trading Post National Historic Site Q259025 6
Juana Maria
Native American Nicoleño 1811 1853-10-18 United States of America San Nicolas Island Garey Q128611 15
Tsupu Coast Miwok elder (c. 1815–1890), Miwok 1820 1890 Petaluma Q98593482 1
Nahnebahwequa Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian missionary Ojibwe missionary
writer
1824 1865-09-26 Credit River Q6959304 3
Natawista Iksina
Kainah interpreter and diplomat Blackfoot Confederacy 1825 1893 Q24191513 2
Cynthia Ann Parker
American kidnapped by the Comanches (1827–1870) Comanche homemaker 1827
1827-10-28
1870 United States of America Crawford County Anderson County Q371602 12
Dat So La Lee
Washoe basket weaver Washo people basket weaver 1829 1925-12-06 United States of America Carson Valley Carson City Q3016973 11
Buffalo Bird Woman
Hidatsa writer, gardener, indigenous agriculturalist Hidatsa people writer 1839 1932 Q4985668 2
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 translator 1840 1900-12-06 Mexico Grady County Q98593467 1
Lozen Apache prophetess and warrior (1840–1889) 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 (1844–1891) 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
Indian Emily fictional Apache at Fort Davis, Texas Apache 1853 1873 Q98593453 1
Susette LaFlesche Tibbles
Native American writer, lecturer, interpreter and artist (1854–1903) Ponca
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
writer 1854 1903-05-26
1903
United States of America Nebraska Nebraska Q533721 11
Pretty Shield Crow medicine woman (1856–1944) 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
Isabel Cobb
Isabel Cobb (1858–1947), physician and educator, Cherokee physician 1858-10-25 1947-08-11 Morganton Wagoner Q98566321 3
Nampeyo
Hopi-Tewa potter (1859–1942) Hopi people painter
ceramicist
1859 1942 United States of America Hano Arizona Q2060870 10
Dahteste
Chiricahua Apache woman warrior Apache translator
warrior
1860 1955 Q3011995 5
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
United States of America Q98592724 2
Rosalie La Flesche Farley
Native American feminist (1861–1900); child of Joseph LaFlesche Ponca
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
women's rights activist 1861-02 1900-05-09 United States of America Omaha Q24951567 2
Pauline Johnson
Canadian poet and performer (1861–1913) Mohawk writer
poet
actor
1861-03-10 1913-03-07 Canada Six Nations of the Grand River First Nation Vancouver Q2716914 23
Marguerite La Flesche Diddock Omaha Reservation educator Ponca
Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
1862 1945 Omaha Q24951644 2
Mabel Washbourne Anderson Cherokee writer Cherokee writer
teacher
1863 1949-09-05 United States of America Arkansas Tulsa Q58236938 1
Susan La Flesche Picotte
Omaha Native American, physician, and reformer (1865-1915) Omaha Tribe of Nebraska
Ponca
physician
teacher
1865-06-17 1915-09-18 United States of America Omaha Reservation Walthill Q2009201 17
Mother Mary Catherine Sacred White Buffalo
Hunkpapa Lakota Catholic nun Sioux 1867 1893 Q98593502 1
Sophia Alice Callahan American novelist, teacher (1868–1894) Muscogee novelist
teacher
writer
1868-01-01 1894-01-07 Sulphur Springs Q21079108 2
Rachel Caroline Eaton American historian Cherokee historian
writer
1869-07-07 1938-09-20 United States of America Flint Creek Claremore Q25112474 2
Lucy Telles
Mono Paiute-Miwok basket weaver from Mono Lake & Yosemite Valley, California Miwok
Paiute people
basket weaver 1870s
1880s
1955
1956
United States of America Mono County Q6698530 2
Angel De Cora
Ho-chunk painter and illustrator who taught art at the early 20th century (1871-1919) Ho-Chunk painter 1871-05-03 1919-02-06 United States of America Thurston Northampton Q4762120 10
Zitkala-Sa
Yankton Dakota writer (1876-1938) Yankton
Sioux
writer
poet
violinist
human rights activist
1876-02-22 1938-01-28 United States of America Yankton Indian Reservation Washington, D.C. Q2668090 31
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 (1878–1940) 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 Pueblo de San Ildefonso Pueblo de San Ildefonso 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
Mourning Dove Native American writer (1888–1936) Okanagan people
Colville tribe
novelist
writer
1888 1936-08-08 United States of America Bonners Ferry Q11937719 4
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 Band of Luiseno Mission Indians
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
Ella Cara Deloria
Yankton Dakota Author (1889–1971) Sioux anthropologist
linguist
writer
1889-01-31 1971-02-12 United States of America Yankton Indian Reservation Tripp Q780206 10
Muriel Hazel Wright Teacher, historian and writer on the Choctaw Nation (1889-1975) Choctaw historian
teacher
writer
1889-03-31 1975-02-27 United States of America
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Lehigh Oklahoma City Q1953723 4
Anauta Blackmore Inuit author Inuit writer 1890 1965 Canada Baffin Island Ashland Q98566844 1
Paqua Naha Hopi-Tewa potter (c. 1890–1955) Hopi people
Tewa people
Arizona Tewa
potter
ceramicist
1890 1955 Hopi
United States of America
Q98593472 1
Belle Highwalking
American Indian writer Cheyennes writer 1892 1971-10-30 Q11908933 3
Polingaysi Qöyawayma
Hopi educator, writer, and potter Hopi people teacher
writer
potter
1892 1990-12-06 United States of America Oraibi Phoenix Q39417340 3
Laura Somersal Pomo weaver and teacher Wappo people
Pomo people
basket weaver 1892 1990 Q94298006 0
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 5
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 writer 1896 1983 Q98590673 0
Flora Zuni Zuni interpreter and storyteller Zuni people 1897 1983 Q98593533 0
Ruth Muskrat
American poet Cherokee poet
writer
indigenous rights activist
teacher
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
Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Native American anthropologist, Medicine Woman, author Mohegan anthropologist 1899-06-15 2005-11-01 United States of America Uncasville Connecticut Q292153 7
Elsie Allen Native American Pomo basket weaver (1899–1990) Pomo people basket weaver 1899-09-22 1990-12-31 United States of America California California Q5367567 2
Rose Gonzales American potter Ohkay Owingeh ceramicist 1900 1989 United States of America Ohkay Owingeh Q7367739 2
Delfina Cuero
Delfina Cuero
Born-00T
Died-00T
Occupationwriter

writer (1900–1972) ♀

Kumeyaay people writer 1900 1972 Q39313518 1
Maggie Culver Fry tenth poet laureate of Oklahoma Cherokee poet 1900 1998 United States of America Vian Q66738083 1
Susie Billie
Seminole medicine woman Seminole medicine man 1900 2003 Q98593493 1
Agnes Vanderburg
US Native American Salish peoples writer 1901 1989 Q23935104 3
Alice Lee Jemison Seneca political activist and journalist Seneca
Cherokee
journalist
political activist
1901-10-09 1964-03-06 United States of America
Cattaraugus Reservation
Silver Creek Q19831481 2
Essie Pinola Parrish Kashaya Pomo basket weaver and medicine woman from California Pomo people basket weaver 1902 1979 United States of America Q5399886 1
Ella Pierre Aquino Lummi and Yakima civil rights activist Lummi
Yakama
columnist
writer
civil rights advocate
1902-09-20 1988-09-30 United States of America Puyallup Seattle Q98593477 1
Pitseolak Ashoona Canadian artist (1904–1983) Inuit artist
lithographer
1904 1983-05-28
1983
Canada Nottingham Island Kinngait Q464870 6
Ticasuk Brown American Iñupiaq educator, poet and writer Yupik peoples poet
educator
teacher
writer
1904 1982 United States of America Unalakleet Fairbanks Q16009928 3
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
Nellie Shaw Harnar Northern Paiute educator (1905–1985) Paiute people historian
school teacher
1905 1985 Q98593489 1
Lucille Jerry Winnie Seneca/Cayuga author Seneca
Cayuga people
1905 Q98593495 1
Eleanor Brass Native American Cree
Ojibwe
writer 1905-05-01 1992-05-20 Q98590661 1
Jimalee Burton American writer, artist, and lecturer of Creek-Cherokee ancestry Cherokee
Muscogee
writer 1906-01-23 2000 El Reno Q84565805 1
Anahareo
Mohawk Algonquin writer and companion of Grey Owl (1906-1986) Mohawk autobiographer
activist
environmentalist
animal rights advocate
1906-06-18 1986-06-17 Canada Mattawa Kamloops Q4750865 4
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
Verna Patronella Johnston Ojibwa community activist Ojibwe 1909-02-15 1996 Q98590658 1
Daisy Hooee Nampeyo artist, born 1910-died 1994 Hopi people
Tewa people
potter
artist
1910 1994 United States of America Q21979448 1
Alice Littleman
Kiowa beader and garment maker (1910-2000) Plains Apache artist 1910-02-08 2000-05-26 United States of America Anadarko Chickasha Q66779393 2
Annie Dodge Wauneka Navajo Nation activist Navajo politician 1910-04-11 1997-11-10 United States of America Deer Spring Q4769275 8
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
Jean Adeline Morgan Wanatee Native American and women's rights activist Meskwaki textile artist 1910-12-09 1996-10-15 Meskwaki Settlement Tama Q95755435 1
Mildred Cleghorn Chairperson of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe Apache politician 1910-12-11 1997-04-15 Fort Sill Q6850953 1
Bertha Little Coyote Cheyenne author, artist, and singer Cheyennes 1912 2003 Q98590656 1
Besmilr Brigham American writer Choctaw poet
writer
1913 2000 United States of America United States of America Q20551592 3
Natachee Scott Momaday Cherokee teacher, poet, and painter Cherokee 1913 1996-09-26 Q98590651 0
Mary John, Sr. Canadian First Nations leader Carrier people politician 1913-06-16 2004-09-30 Canada Q6779946 1
Vivien Hailstone
Yurok/Karok basketweaver and jewelry designer Yurok people
Karuk
artist 1913-10-16 2000-07-02 Q98592725 1
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 United States of America Mountain Park
Missouri
Q22003266 1
Garnet Pavatea Native American Hopi people
Tewa people
artist 1915 1981 United States of America Q98590664 1
Helen Cordero
American artist Cochiti ceramicist 1915-06-15 1994-07-24 United States of America Pueblo de 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
Marnie Walsh Sioux author Sioux writer 1916 1996 Q98592722 0
Sadie Brower Neakok Alaskan judge Iñupiaq people judge 1916 2004 Q66692706 1
Anna Gritts Kilpatrick Cherokee folklorist Cherokee translator 1917 1976 Q98590647 0
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
Vi Hilbert Native American tribal elder (1918–2008) Skagit writer 1918-07-24 2008-12-19 Q7924323 4
Pablita Velarde
Santa Clara Pueblo painter and illustrator (1918-2006) Tewa people
Santa Clara Pueblo
painter
artist
1918-09-19 2006-01-12 United States of America Santa Clara Pueblo Albuquerque Q7121550 4
Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel American writer (1918-2007) Cherokee poet
writer
1918-12-22 2007-04-13 United States of America Lincoln County Q8022661 1
Joy Navasie
Hopi-Tewa ceramist Hopi people
Tewa people
potter 1919 2012 United States of America New Mexico Q58619094 1
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
Katherine Siva Saubel Native American leader and scholar Cahuilla people linguist
poet
writer
1920-03-07 2011-11-01 United States of America United States of America Morongo Band of Mission Indians Q6376544 5
Poldine Carlo
American author Alaskan Athabaskans writer 1920-12-05 2018-05-09 United States of America Nulato Fairbanks Q6092168 6
Raven Hail Cherokee author, musician (1921–2005) Cherokee author
editor
singer
1921 2005 United States of America Washington County Q98590643 1
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
Otellie Loloma Hopi artist, potter, dancer Hopi people ceramicist
potter
dancer
1921-12-30 1993-01-30 United States of America Second Mesa Q20685049 1
Margaret F. Nelson professor of American Literature at Oklahoma State University (1922-2018) Cherokee 1922-08-16 2018-08-02 United States of America Claremore Tahlequah Q98593463 1
Lorena Lucille Majel Dixon Pauma Tribal Elder Luiseño 1922-11-21 2012-02-11 Q98593475 1
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
Chief of the Seminole Tribe of Florida, nurse and editor Seminole tribal chief
nurse
editor
1923-04-27 2011-01-14 United States of America Indiantown Q4898915 5
Beatrice Medicine American anthropologist Sioux anthropologist 1923-08-01 2005-12-19 United States of America Q4877178 3
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
Dorothy Amora Stanley Miwok tribal scholar, cultural consultant, educator, tribal chair, and political activist (1924-1990) Miwok indigenous rights activist
switchboard operator
1924-07-14 1990-10-10 Los Angeles
San Francisco
Tuolumne County Q98593481 1
Éléonore Sioui first Canadian Indian women to receive a PhD Wyandot people academic 1925 2006-03-05 Q98593309 1
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
Owanah Anderson Choctaw author and indigenous rights activist Choctaw editor
author
administrator
1926-02-18 2017-03-24 United States of America Boswell Q81239918 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
Marjorie Tallchief
American ballerina Osage Nation ballet dancer 1926-10-19 2021-11-30 United States of America Denver Delray Beach Q6766339 9
Maria Joseph Ackerman Tlingit artist Tlingit artist 1927 United States of America Juneau Q98593525 0
Nora Marks Dauenhauer
American Tlingit writer and poet (1927–2017) Tlingit poet
writer
scholar
anthropologist
1927-05-08 2017-09-25 United States of America Juneau Juneau Q448138 13
Kenojuak Ashevak
Inuit artist (1927–2013) Inuit sculptor
printmaker
drawer
1927-10-03 2013-01-08 Canada Baffin Island Kinngait Q122347 18
Julia F. Parker
American artist Pomo people basket weaver 1928-02 United States of America Marin County Q6306405 2
Madonna Swan American writer Sioux writer 1928-09-12 1993 Q6728388 1
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
Alice Masak French Canadian writer (1930-2013) Inuit autobiographer 1930-06-29 2013-07-05 Canada Q4725990 1
Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Sioux writer and editor (1930–2023) 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
Muscogee Nation (Creek) and Cherokee artist (1930-2020) Cherokee
Muscogee
painter 1930-12-19 2020-06-16 United States of America Muskogee Muskogee Q6205125 4
LaDonna Harris
American politician, Native American activist Comanche activist
politician
1931-02-26 United States of America
Comanche
Temple Q4896035 5
Wungnema Rose Robinson Hopi journalist and philanthropist Hopi people writer 1932 1995 Kykotsmovi Village Q98593471 0
Freda Ahenakew Canadian author and academic (1932-2011) Cree anthropologist
writer
children's writer
linguist
university teacher
1932-02-11 2011-04-08 Canada Ahtahkakoop Cree Nation Muskeg Lake Cree Nation Q4896800 5
Rita Joe Canadian writer (1932–2007) Mi’kmaw poet
writer
singer-songwriter
composer
1932-03-15 2007-03-20 Canada Whycocomagh Sydney
Sydney
Q431416 7
Maria Pearson Native American activist for repatriation of Native human remains Sioux politician 1932-07-12 2003-05-23 United States of America Springfield Ames Q6761489 1
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
Shirley Hill Witt American poet, fiction and nonfiction writer Mohawk writer 1934 United States of America Whittier Q71627408 1
Janet McCloud American Indian activist (1934–2003) 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
Minerva Allen Native American (Assiniboine) poet, historian, educator, and activist Assiniboine people poet
historian
educator
activist
1935 Q98590636 0
Carol Cussen McDonald Hampton Caddo educator Caddo 1935 Oklahoma City Q98593459 0
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
Mini Aodla Freeman Inuk author Inuit historian
autobiographer
writer
translator
1936 Canada Cape Hope Islands Q24852012 2
Lorraine Mae Rousseau first tribal Chairwoman of the Sisseton- Wahpeton Sioux tribe Sioux 1936 Q98593501 0
Marilou Awiakta American author Cherokee poet
writer
1936-01-24 United States of America Knoxville Q6763476 2
Charlotte Anne Wilson Heth Cherokee ethnomusicologist, director of UCLA's American Indian Studies Center Cherokee university teacher 1937 Q98590645 1
Laura Waterman Wittstock Native American leader Seneca writer
journalist
editor
copywriter
1937-09-11 2021-01-16 Seneca Nation of Indians
United States of America
Cattaraugus Reservation Q98590690 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
Ramona Bennett
Puyallup leader and activist Puyallup people 1938 Seattle Q98593492 1
Grace Medicine Flower
Grace Medicine Flower
Born-13T00:00:
NationalityUnited States of America
Occupationpotter

Potter (*1938) ♀

Santa Clara Pueblo potter 1938-12-13 United States of America Santa Clara Pueblo Q28935084 1
Rina Swentzell Native American architect Santa Clara Pueblo architect 1939 2015-10-30 Q98590687 0
Lois Fister Steele Fort Peck Assiniboine physician and educator Assiniboine people physician 1939 Washington, D.C. Q98593456 0
Kathleen Rose Smith tribal scholar, cultural consultant, artist, and writer Miwok
Pomo people
1939 Q98567042 0
Paula Gunn Allen American writer (1939-2008) Laguna people
Sioux
poet
novelist
writer
literary critic
opinion journalist
editor
1939-10-24 2008-05-29 United States of America Albuquerque
Cubero
Fort Bragg Q435902 17
Ferial Deer Skye Menominee dancer Menominee dancer 1940 Keshena Q98593479 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
Mary Morez Navajo painter (1946–2004) Navajo painter 1940-01-16 2004-09-25 Q28542260 1
Kahn-Tineta Horn
Mohawk political activist, fashion model Mohawk model 1940-04-16 Canada
United States of America
New York City Q6347046 4
Maria Campbell Canadian writer Métis film director
novelist
university teacher
women's rights activist
human rights activist
writer
1940-04-26 Canada Athlone
Saskatchewan
Q1895752 7
Rosalie Mae Jones Native American dancer Blackfoot Confederacy dancer 1941 Browning Q98593457 1
Diane Glancy
American poet, author, playwright Cherokee playwright
poet
novelist
writer
1941 United States of America Kansas City Q5271470 4
Vickie Sears Cherokee writer Cherokee 1941 Q98590652 0
Beth Brant Mohawk poet Mohawk poet
writer
1941-05-06 2015-08-06 Canada Detroit Detroit Q292146 5
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
Rayna Green American Indian historian and curator Cherokee historian
folklorist
curator
museum professional
1942 United States of America Q95983118 1
Carmella Ignacio Tohono O’odham nurse Tohono O'odham nurse 1942 Q98593526 0
Gladys Cardiff American author and educator Cherokee writer
educator
1942 United States of America Q5566396 2
Marie Annharte Baker
Canadian poet and author Ojibwe poet
writer
artist
1942 Canada Q6762743 1
Claudeen Arthur Native American lawyer Navajo lawyer 1942 2004-11-27 Q84349201 1
JoAllyn Archambault
Cultural anthropologist Sioux quiltmaker
anthropologist
1942-02-13 United States of America Claremore Q19802573 4
Jeannette Vivian Corbiere Lavell Canadian-Anishinaabe activist Ojibwe activist 1942-06-21 Canada Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve 26 Q19659964 1
Pitaloosie Saila
Canadian artist (1942–2021) Inuit artist
printmaker
1942-08-11 2021-07-24 Canada Kinngait Kinngait Q3389319 4
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
Jeanne Brink Abenaki basket weaver Abenaki people basket weaver 1944 Montpelier Q98593452 1
JoAnne Bird Native American artist and sculptor Sioux artist
sculptor
1945 Oakland Q98593496 0
Anna Mae Aquash Mi'kmaq activist (1945-1975) 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 (1945–2010) 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 (1946–2021) 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
Anna Lee Walters American artist Pawnee Nation
Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians
novelist
writer
1946-09-09 United States of America Pawnee Q4767213 3
Chrystos Menominee American writer and activist Menominee poet
writer
activist
1946-11-07 United States of America San Francisco Q5115014 6
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
Roberta Hill Whiteman American poet Oneida poet
writer
1947 United States of America Oneida Nation Q11280962 3
Anna Puzz Assiniboine health educator Assiniboine people 1947 Q98593455 0
Linda Hogan
Chickasaw writer Chickasaw poet
novelist
writer
1947-07-16 United States of America Denver Q6551648 10
Ramona Sakiestewa
Hopi artist Hopi people weaver 1948 United States of America Albuquerque Q23682454 2
Velma S. Salabiye Navajo librarian Navajo librarian 1948 1996 Bellemont Q98593486 1
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
Hopi people
anthropologist
poet
painter
writer
1948-05-07 United States of America Oakland Q7982776 6
Janine Pease American Indian (Crow) educator and advocate Crow Nation
Hidatsa people
politician
educator
university president
director
1949 United States of America Colville Indian Reservation Q6154574 1
Janice Gould
American Koyangk'auwi Maidu writer, poet, scholar (1949–2019) Maidu poet
writer
university teacher
1949 2019-06-28 United States of America San Diego Q6154243 3
Beatrice Mosionier Canadian métis author Métis writer 1949 Canada Q20985558 1
Emma LaRocque Canadian academic Cree
Métis
academic 1949 Canada Q43376596 1
Gail Bird Laguna/Santo Domingo jeweler Laguna people
Kewa Puebloan
jeweler 1949-03-30 United States of America Q27824062 0
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
Beverly Hungry Wolf
Canadian writer Kainai Nation writer
indigenous rights activist
docent
1950-04-01 Canada Blood Indian Hospital Q19998078 4
Lee Maracle
Sto:lo writer and academic Métis novelist
poet
writer
activist
university teacher
1950-07-02 2021-11-11 Canada Vancouver Surrey Memorial Hospital Q6514469 7
Susan Deer Cloud American author Blackfoot Confederacy
Mohawk
Seneca
poet
writer
1950-10-20 United States of America Q7647742 2
Gloria Bird American writer Spokane poet
writer
1951 United States of America Washington Q5571326 4
LeAnne Howe American writer Choctaw novelist 1951 United States of America Edmond Q6506313 4
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 2024-11-08 United States of America Madera Tahlequah Q7934596 3
Joy Harjo
American Poet Laureate Muscogee poet
musician
writer
children's writer
screenwriter
teacher
climate activist
1951-05-09 United States of America Tulsa Q292180 21
Geraldine Keams American actress Navajo actor
stage actor
film actor
1951-08-19 United States of America Flagstaff Q5549758 3
Mary T. Wynne Attorney General for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe Sioux lawyer 1952 Q98593524 0
Caleen A. Sisk-Franco Winnemem Wintu chief and educator Wintu people 1952 Q98593531 0
Ruby Slipperjack Canadian Ojibwe writer Ojibwe painter
novelist
professor
1952 Canada Whitewater Lake Q7376385 1
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
Vanessa Jennings
beadwork artist and traditionalist Plains Apache beadworker 1952-10-05 Gila River Indian Reservation Q7914667 1
Nora Naranjo-Morse American potter and poet Santa Clara Pueblo poet
ceramicist
artist
1953 United States of America Q7050131 4
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 4
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
Louise Erdrich
writer from the United States Ojibwe poet
writer
novelist
children's writer
short story writer
1954-06-07 United States of America Little Falls Q442679 36
Mary Brave Bird Lakota author and indigenous rights activist (1954–2013) Lower Brule Sioux Tribe
Sioux
autobiographer
writer
1954-09-26 2013-02-14 United States of America Rosebud Indian Reservation Crystal Lake Q3296164 5
Kimberly M. Blaeser American writer, Wisconsin Poet Laureate 2015–2016 Ojibwe poet
writer
1955 United States of America Q6409955 1
Judith Mountain Leaf Volborth Apache-Comanche poet Apache
Comanche
writer 1955 New York City Q98593454 0
Mary Goose Meskwaki/Chippewa poet Meskwaki
Ojibwe
1955 Des Moines Q98593480 0
Jacki Thompson Rand Choctaw historian Choctaw writer 1956 Q98566636 0
Diane M. Burns Native American poet and artist Chemehuevi people
Ojibwe
writer 1957
1956
2006 Q98593460 1
Delphine Red Shirt Oglala Lakota author and educator Sioux writer
journalist
1957 United States of America Q4895905 2
Elizabeth Woody Navajo/Wasco/Warm Springs/Yakama artist, poet, author, and educator Tenino people
Wasco
Navajo
painter 1959 United States of America Ganado Q5363753 3
Brenda J. Child
Ojibwe historian and writer Ojibwe historian 1959 Red Lake Indian Reservation Q98592964 2
Winona LaDuke
author and activist Ojibwe economist
novelist
politician
writer
environmentalist
ecologist
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
Susan Power Dakota author Sioux writer 1961 United States of America Q7648297 2
Heid E. Erdrich
American poet Ojibwe poet
writer
film producer
video artist
1963-11-26 United States of America Q17612384 1
Angie Erdrich Turtle Mountain Ojibway physician and artist Ojibwe artist
physician
1965 Breckenridge Q98593487 0
Patricia A. Dixon Luiseño professor of American Indian Studies Luiseño 1971 Q98593476 1
Awashonks Chief of the Sakonnet Wampanoag people politician Q4829928 3
Owl Woman
Cheyenne princess Cheyennes 1847 Q7114864 2
Running Eagle Blackfoot chief Blackfoot Confederacy politician 1878 Q7379960 3
Coocoochee Mohawk leader and medicine woman Mohawk Q24191983 1
Irene Stewart Navajo politician and activist b. 1907 Navajo Q98567051 0
Annie Lowry Northern Paiute (1866–1943) Paiute people Q98567090 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
Joan Shaddox Isom Cherokee writer Cherokee Q98590646 0
Barbara Elene Smith Native American Cherokee Q98590655 0
Donna L. Akers Native American historian Choctaw historian
university teacher
women's studies scholar
gender studies scholar
Q98590659 0
Helen Slwooko Carius Native American Inuit Q98590668 0
Louise Lone Dog Mohawk and Lenape writer Mohawk
Lenape
Q98590674 0
Juanita Tiger Kavena Native American Muscogee Q98590675 0
Tiana Bighorse Native American Navajo Q98590677 0
Nia Francisco Native American Navajo Q98590678 0
Ruth W. Roessel Navajo educator Navajo Q98590680 0
Patricia Penn Hilden Native American Nez Perce Q98590683 0
Charlotte De Clue Osage poet Osage Nation writer Q98590685 0
Jo Whitehorse Cochran Lakota author, editor, and educator Sioux Q98590691 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
Kay Curley Bennett Navajo artist, author, and dollmaker Navajo writer 1997 Q98593484 1
Netnokwa Ottawa leader (c.1740/1750-c. 1815/1820) Odawa fur trader Q98593488 1
Agnes Allen Ross Flandreau Santee Sioux educator Sioux Q98593500 0
Alice S. Paul Tohono O’odham educator Tohono O'odham Q98593527 0

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