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 Pocahontass Algonquian princess 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 Mohawk people 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 Q6780402 4 Molly Brant Canadian aboriginal leader Haudenosaunee Loyalist 1736 1796-04-16 Canada Kingdom of Great Britain Ohio River ValleyCanajoharie 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 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 1788-05-16 1812-12-12 United States of America Salmon Fort Lisa Q238960 47 Catharine Brown 1800?-1823 Cherokee woman educated at Brainerd Mission near Chattanooga, Tenn. Cherokee teacher 1800 1823 Q55946674 1 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 people 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 Comanche homemaker 1827 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 1840 1900-12-06 Mexico Grady County Q98593467 0 Lozen Apache prophetess and warrior Apache warrior shaman resistance fighter 1840 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 Indian Emily fictional Apache at Fort Davis, Texas Apache 1853 1873 Q98593453 1 Susette LaFlesche Tibbles Native American writer, lecturer, interpreter and artist Ponca Omaha people writer 1854 1903-05-26 United States of America Nebraska Nebraska Q533721 11 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 1936 Q62131471 1 Isabel Cobb Isabel Cobb (1858–1947), physician and educator, Cherokee physician 1858-10-25 1947-08-11 Morganton, Tennessee Wagoner Q98566321 3 Nampeyo Hopi-Tewa potter (1859–1942) Hopi people painter ceramicist 1859 1942 United States of America Hano, Arizona Arizona Q2060870 10 Dahteste Chiricahua Apache woman warrior Apache translator warrior 1860 1955 Q3011995 5 Annie Miner Peterson American linguistic consultant Miluk peopleCoos people 1860 1939 Q4769388 2 Sarah Jim Mayo Washoe basket maker, 1860-1945 Washo people basket weaver painter 1860 1945 Q98592724 2 Rosalie La Flesche Farley Native American feminist (1861–1900); child of Joseph LaFlesche Ponca Omaha people women's rights activist 1861-02 1900-05-09 United States of America Omaha Q24951567 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 Marguerite La Flesche Diddock Omaha Reservation educator Ponca Omaha people 1862 1945 Omaha Q24951644 2 Mabel Washbourne Anderson Cherokee writer Cherokee writer teacher 1863 1949-09-05 United States of America Arkansas Tulsa Q58236938 0 Susan La Flesche Picotte Omaha Native American, physician, and reformer (1865-1915) Omaha people 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 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 people Paiute people basket weaver 180s 1955 United States of America Mono County Q6698530 1 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 9 Zitkala-Sa Yankton Dakota writer (1876-1938) YanktonSioux 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 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 7 Tsianina Redfeather Blackstone American soprano (1882-1985) Muscogee Cherokee singer 1882-12-13 1985-01-10 United States of America Eufaula San Diego Q16011390 3 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 Mourning Dove Native American writer 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 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 Ella Cara Deloria Yankton Dakota Author 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 Reservation 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 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 Masset Q5460598 1 Alma Greene Mohawk autobiographer Mohawk people writer 1896 1983 Q98590673 0 Flora Zuni Zuni interpreter and storyteller Zuni people 1897 1983 Q98593533 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 1 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 1902-09-20 1988-09-30 United States of America Puyallup Seattle Q98593477 1 Pitseolak Ashoona Canadian artist Inuit artist lithographer 1904 1983-05-28 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 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 1905 1985 Q98593489 0 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 people autobiographer activist environmentalist 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 sucking doctor in California Pomo people basket weaver 1907-01-12 1993 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 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 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 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 Marnie Walsh Sioux author Sioux writer 1916 1996 Q98592722 0 Sadie Brower Neakok Alaskan judge Inupiat 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 Reservation 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 Washington County Q98590643 0 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 0 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 people 1924-07-14 1990-10-10 Los Angeles Q98593481 0 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 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 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 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 Crow Nation Muscogee Sioux poet novelist writer university teacher 1930-11-17 2023-07-05 United States of America Fort Thompson 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 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 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 people writer 1934 United States of America Whittier Q71627408 1 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 1 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 0 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
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Potter (*1938) ♀
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 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 people Pomo people 1939 Q98567042 0 Paula Gunn Allen American writer (1939-2008) Laguna people Sioux poet novelist writer literary critic 1939-10-24 2008-05-29 United States of America Albuquerque Cubero Fort Bragg Q435902 16 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 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 people model 1940-04-16 Canada United States of America New York City Q6347046 3 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 people 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 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 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 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 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 OnondagaMi’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 Anna Lee Walters American artist Pawnee people 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 of Wisconsin 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 8 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 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 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 Maidu poet writer 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 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 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 6 Susan Deer Cloud American author Blackfoot Confederacy Mohawk people 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 3 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 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 20 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 writer Ojibwe painter novelist 1952 Canada 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 lobbyist political activist 1953-07-20 2017-01-31 United States of America Gallup Washington, D.C. 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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 1959-08-18 United States of America Los Angeles Q118969 26 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 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. 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