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 Occupation writer
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
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