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Sherman Alexie, writer Paula Gunn Allen, Pueblo-Sioux poet, novelist, critic Dennis Banks, Anishinabe (Ojibwa) activist Adam Beach, Ojibwa actor Elias Boudinot, Cherokee leader in the American Revolution Joseph Brant, Mohawk chief Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne chief and U.S. senator from Colorado Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco), Seminole leader Black Elk, Oglala Lakota holy man Black Hawk, Sauk Leader Black Kettle, Cheyenne chief Canonicus, Narragansett chief Captain Jack, Modoc subchief Cochise, Apache chief Cornplanter, Seneca chief Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief Charles Curtis, Kaw senator and vice president of the United States (1929-33) Delaware Prophet, Native American religious leade Vine Deloria, Jr., Leading Standing Rock Sioux scholar, writer and activist Michael Dorris, Modoc (ancestry) writer Louise Erdrich, Ojibway (ancestry) writer Chris Eyre, Cheyenne and Arapaho filmmaker Gall, Sioux chief Geronimo, Apache political leader Graham Greene, Oneida actor
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N. Scott Momaday
Handsome Lake, Seneca religious leader Hendrick, Mohawk chief Hiawatha, Onondaga chief Ishi, Last Yahi tribesperson Joseph, Nez Percé chief Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Indian tribal leader and publisher Keokuk, Sac and Fox chief Winona LaDuke, Ojibwa activist and writer Edmonia Lewis, Ojibwa sculptor Sacheen Littlefeather, Yaqui (ancestry) actress Little Turtle, Miami chief James Logan, Mingo chief Lone Wolf, Kiowa chief Mangas Coloradas, Apache chief Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee chief María Martínez, Tewa Pueblo potter Massasoit, Wampanoag chief Russell Means, Lakota activist and actor Alexander McGillivray, Creek chief William McIntosh, Creek chief Miantonomo, Narragansett chief Billy Mills, Sioux athlete N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa and Cherokee poet, author, scholar, and painter
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Robbie Robertson
Samson Occom, Mohegan clergyman Opechancanough, Pamunkey Indian chief Osceola, Seminole leader Quanah Parker, Comanche chief Leonard Peltier, Ojibwa and Lakota activist Pocahontas, Powhatan peacemaker Pontiac, Ottawa chief Popé, Pueblo medicine man Powhatan, Powhatan chief Red Cloud, Oglala Sioux chief Red Jacket, Seneca chief Ben Reifel, Sioux activist and U.S. representative from South Dakota Louis Riel, Métis leader Robbie Robertson, Mohawk songwriter and guitarist Will Rogers, Cherokee actor and humorist John Ross, Cherokee chief
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Sequoyah
Sacajawea, Shoshone interpreter Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cree activist, songwriter, singer, and artist Samoset, Algonquin leader Seattle, Suquamish Indian leader Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee syllabary Shawnee Prophet, Shawnee religious leader Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo poet and novelist Jay Silverheels, Mohawk actor Sitting Bull, Sioux chief Smohalla, Wanapun chief and religious leader Squanto, Pawtuxet interpreter Wes Studi, Cherokee actor Maria Tallchief, Osage ballerina Tecumseh, Shawnee chief Catherine Tekakwitha, Mohawk holy woman Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox Olympian John Trudell, Sioux musician, poet, activist Uncas, Mohegan chief Victorio, Apache chief Nancy Ward (Nanye-hi), Cherokee leader and “Beloved Woman” William Weatherford, Creek chief Wovoka, Paiute religious leader
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Sherman Alexie, writer
Paula Gunn Allen, Pueblo-Sioux poet, novelist, critic
Dennis Banks, Anishinabe (Ojibwa) activist
Adam Beach, Ojibwa actor
Elias Boudinot, Cherokee leader in the American Revolution
Joseph Brant, Mohawk chief
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne chief and U.S. senator from Colorado
Billy Bowlegs (Holata Micco), Seminole leader
Black Elk, Oglala Lakota holy man
Black Hawk, Sauk Leader
Black Kettle, Cheyenne chief
Canonicus, Narragansett chief
Captain Jack, Modoc subchief
Cochise, Apache chief
Cornplanter, Seneca chief
Crazy Horse, Oglala Sioux chief
Charles Curtis, Kaw senator and vice president of the United States (1929-33)
Delaware Prophet, Native American religious leade
Vine Deloria, Jr., Leading Standing Rock Sioux scholar, writer and activist
Michael Dorris, Modoc (ancestry) writer
Louise Erdrich, Ojibway (ancestry) writer
Chris Eyre, Cheyenne and Arapaho filmmaker
Gall, Sioux chief
Geronimo, Apache political leader
Graham Greene, Oneida actor
Handsome Lake, Seneca religious leader
Hendrick, Mohawk chief
Hiawatha, Onondaga chief
Ishi, Last Yahi tribesperson
Joseph, Nez Percé chief
Betty Mae Jumper, Seminole Indian tribal leader and publisher
Keokuk, Sac and Fox chief
Winona LaDuke, Ojibwa activist and writer
Edmonia Lewis, Ojibwa sculptor
Sacheen Littlefeather, Yaqui (ancestry) actress
Little Turtle, Miami chief
James Logan, Mingo chief
Lone Wolf, Kiowa chief
Mangas Coloradas, Apache chief
Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee chief
María Martínez, Tewa Pueblo potter
Massasoit, Wampanoag chief
Russell Means, Lakota activist and actor
Alexander McGillivray, Creek chief
William McIntosh, Creek chief
Miantonomo, Narragansett chief
Billy Mills, Sioux athlete
N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa and Cherokee poet, author, scholar, and painter
Samson Occom, Mohegan clergyman
Opechancanough, Pamunkey Indian chief
Osceola, Seminole leader
Quanah Parker, Comanche chief
Leonard Peltier, Ojibwa and Lakota activist
Pocahontas, Powhatan peacemaker
Pontiac, Ottawa chief
Popé, Pueblo medicine man
Powhatan, Powhatan chief
Red Cloud, Oglala Sioux chief
Red Jacket, Seneca chief
Ben Reifel, Sioux activist and U.S. representative from South Dakota
Louis Riel, Métis leader
Robbie Robertson, Mohawk songwriter and guitarist
Will Rogers, Cherokee actor and humorist
John Ross, Cherokee chief
Sacajawea, Shoshone interpreter
Buffy Sainte-Marie, Cree activist, songwriter, singer, and artist
Samoset, Algonquin leader
Seattle, Suquamish Indian leader
Sequoyah, inventor of the Cherokee syllabary
Shawnee Prophet, Shawnee religious leader
Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo poet and novelist
Jay Silverheels, Mohawk actor
Sitting Bull, Sioux chief
Smohalla, Wanapun chief and religious leader
Squanto, Pawtuxet interpreter
Wes Studi, Cherokee actor
Maria Tallchief, Osage ballerina
Tecumseh, Shawnee chief
Catherine Tekakwitha, Mohawk holy woman
Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox Olympian
John Trudell, Sioux musician, poet, activist
Uncas, Mohegan chief
Victorio, Apache chief
Nancy Ward (Nanye-hi), Cherokee leader and “Beloved Woman”
William Weatherford, Creek chief
Wovoka, Paiute religious leader
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- Current Events This Week: January 2023
- African Americans by the Numbers
- Andersen’s Fairy Tales: Contents
- The Celtic Twilight: A Teller of Tales
