Thislist of Native Americans is of notable individuals who areNative Americans in the United States , includingAlaska Natives and American Indians.[ 1] [ 2]
Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. TheBureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as being American Indian orAlaska Native . Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in afederally recognized tribe includingAlaska Native villages . Ethnologically, factors such as culture, history, language, religion, and familial kinships can influence Native American identity.[ 3]
Elsie Allen ,Cloverdale Pomo basketweaverMarcus Amerman ,Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma multimedia artistAnnie Antone ,Tohono O'odham basketweaverSpencer Asah ,Kiowa artistJames Auchiah ,Kiowa artistMartha Berry ,Cherokee Nation beadwork artistKelly Church , (Pottawatomi /Odawa/Ojibwe) basket maker, painter, and educatorAmanda Crowe ,Eastern Band Cherokee woodcarver and educatorDennis Cusick ,Tuscarora painter, ca. 1800–1824Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty ,Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux quillworker and beadwork artistEdmonia Lewis , African-American/Mississauga Ojibwe -descendent sculptorLitefoot ,Cherokee Nation actor, hip hop artistMaría Martínez ,San Ildefonso Pueblo potterNampeyo ,Hopi-Tewa potterNora Naranjo-Morse ,Santa Clara Pueblo artistJeri Redcorn ,Caddo /Citizen Potawatomi b. ca. 1940) potterLawney Reyes ,Confederated Colville Tribes (Sinixt ) artist, author, and curatorCarol Lee Sanchez ,Laguna Pueblo author and artistChiefs and other leaders [ edit ] Ahaya (ca. 1710 – 1783), first recorded chief of the Alachua band of theSeminole tribe.[ 4] : 381 Attakullakulla ,Cherokee chief[ 5] Awashonks ,Sakonnet 17th century female chief[ 6] Bill John Baker ,Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation [ 7] Black Hawk ,Sauk chiefBlack Kettle ,Cheyenne chiefAndrew Blackbird ,Odawa leader, historian, and authorKimberly M. Blaeser , (White Earth Ojibwe ) author and poetElias Boudinot ,Cherokee leader, journalist and publisherBilly Bowlegs ,Seminole chiefJoseph Brant ,Mohawk leaderCarlos (Calusa) (died 1567),king of theCalusa people of Southwest FloridaCanonicus ,Narragansett chiefChief Gall , (Hunkpapa Lakota ) chiefCinon Duro Mataweer chiefCochise ,Chiricahua Apache chiefColorow ,Ute chiefCornplanter ,Seneca chief and diplomatCrazy Horse ,Oglala Lakota chiefCuerno Verde , Spanish name for Tavibo Naritgant, a leader of the Comanche, likely of the Kotsoteka Comanche, in the late 18th century.Logan Fontenelle ,Omaha chief and interpreterGeronimo ,Chiricahua Apache leaderCaptain Jack ,Modoc chiefRed Jacket ,Seneca Nation chiefOverton James ,Chickasaw , educator, former Governor of theChickasaw Nation Old Chief Joseph ,Nez Perce former chieftain, father ofChief Joseph Chief Joseph ,Nez Percé chief, war leader, and humanitarianJuanillo , chief of theGuale Nchiefdom Betty Mae Tiger Jumper , first female chief of theSeminole Tribe of Florida , also a publisherHiawatha ,Onondaga -Mohawk chief was credited as the founder of theIroquois confederacy John Horse , African-American leader of theBlack Seminole .David Hill (Mohawk) , Mohawk chief during the American RevolutionKeokuk , (Sauk ,Meskwaki ) chiefKing Hagler ,Catawba chiefLittle Turkey wasFirst Beloved Man of theCherokee people , becoming the firstPrincipal Chief of a unitedCherokee Nation in 1794Little Turtle ,Miami chiefLone Wolf the Elder ,Kiowa chiefLone Wolf the Younger ,Kiowa leaderMajor Ridge ,Cherokee chief, led Lighthorse Patrol and signed the Treaty of New Echota.Mangas Coloradas ,Apache chiefWilma Mankiller ,Cherokee Nation chiefManuelito ,Navajo chief, diplomat, and warrior.Massasoit ,Wampanoag chiefAlexander McGillivray ,Muscogee Creek Nation chiefWilliam McIntosh ,Muscogee Creek Nation chiefPeter McQueen ,Muscogee Creek Nation chief, prophet, trader and warrior fromTalisi (Tallassee, among the Upper Towns in present-day Alabama).Metacomet ,Wampanoag chiefMiantonomo ,Narragansett chiefOlotoraca (1548–1573), subchief of a tribe ofFort San Mateo , Florida.Oratam , sachem of theHackensack Indians Osceola ,Seminole leaderChief Oshkosh ,Menominee leaderChief Ouray ,Ute Tribe leaderOpechancanough ,Pamunkey chiefQuaiapen ,Narragansett/Niantic sunksqua (female sachem/chief)Quanah Parker ,Comanche chiefPawhuska ,Osage ChiefThomas Perryman ,Creek leader in GeorgiaPeter Chartier ,Pekowi chiefPowhatan ,Pamunkey chiefChief Pontiac ,Odawa chiefRed Cloud ,Oglala Lakota chiefChief G. Anne Richardson (Chief of theRappahannock tribe – first female chief in Virginia since the 18th century)Qualchan , 19th-centuryYakama chiefJohn Ross ,Cherokee chiefJuan Sabeata ,Jumano chiefGreg Sarris ,Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria tribal chairman, author, and professorSitting Bull ,Hunkpapa Lakota chiefChad Smith , former Principal Chief ofCherokee Nation Samoset (Abenaki , 1590–1653), first Indigenous American leader to contact the Pilgrims inPlymouth, Massachusetts (March 16, 1621)Smohalla ,Wanapum chief and religious leaderSaturiwa , chief of theSaturiwa (aMocama tribe ofTimucua people, located inSt. Johns River inFlorida ), during the 16th centurySeattle ,Suquamish /Duwamish leaderStanding Bear ,Ponca chiefTouch the Clouds , (Mahpia Icahtagya ), TetonLakota chiefTuskaloosa , paramount chief of a Mississippian chiefdom in AlabamaUncas ,Mohegan chiefVictorio ,Chiricahua Apache chiefWeetamoo ,Pocasset Wampanoag , 17th-century female chiefWhite Plume ,Kaw chiefYellow Bird ,Walla Walla chiefYonaguska ,Cherokee chiefWilliam Weatherford ,Muscogee Creek chiefWhite Hair (Pawhuska ), the name of several Osage chiefsWarriors and military [ edit ] Chainbreaker ,Seneca war chiefRoy Benavidez , (Yaqui ), decorated U.S. Army Master sergeant and Medal of Honor recipientOllokot ,Nez Perce war chieftainIra Hayes , (Akimel O'odham ) one of five Marines, along with a United States Navy corpsman, immortalized in theiconic photograph of the flag raising on Iwo Jima John Horse (Black Seminole ), warrior in the Second Seminole War in FloridaKilma S. Lattin , (Pala Band of Mission Indians ), decoratedU.S. Army formerFirst Lieutenant andSoldiers Medal recipientClayton J. Lonetree ,Winnebago /Navajo U.S. Marine and convicted KGB spyLouis Gonzaga Mendez, Jr. (Navajo-descent), highly decorated WWII United States Army officer of the 82nd Airborne DivisionEly S. Parker , (Seneca ) U.S. Army Brigadier GeneralLori Piestewa ,Hopi veteran, died in the 2003 invasion of IraqPopé ,Ohkay Owingeh religious and military leaderSanta Anna (Comanche war chief) Sonuk Mikko ,Seminole , Captain in theIndian Home Guard during the American Civil War often referred to asBilly Bowlegs Tecumseh ,Shawnee warrior and statesmanWilliam Clyde Thompson , TexasChoctaw leader who fought against theDawes Commission for Choctaw enrollmentLuis Tupatu ,Pueblo leader of the northern pueblos following thePueblo revolt Nancy Ward ,Cherokee warrior, diplomat, and "Beloved Woman"Washakie ,Shoshone warrior, diplomat, chief, leaderStand Watie ,Cherokee leader and a brigadier general of the Confederate States Army during the American Civil WarJohn Watts (also known asYoung Tassel ), a leader of theChickamauga Cherokee (or "Lower Cherokee") during theCherokee-American wars Dragging Canoe ,Cherokee war chiefPushmataha ,Choctaw chief and U.S. Army Brigadier GeneralJosé Naranjo (Santa Clara Pueblo ), warrior who fought in the Spanish troops against the Apaches and participated in theVillasur expedition Bill Anoatubby , (Chickasaw Nation ), Governor of the Chicksaw Nation since 1987Diane E. Benson , (Tlingit ) politician, inspirational speaker, poet and authorLisa Johnson Billy ,Chickasaw Nation , Oklahoma State Legislator and Chickasaw Tribal LegislatorAda E. Brown ,Choctaw Nation , Federal Judge in the United States District Court for the Northern District of TexasBen Nighthorse Campbell ,Northern Cheyenne chief,U.S. Representative ,U.S. Senator , and silversmithBrad Carson ,Cherokee Nation , formerDemocratic U.S. congressman fromOklahoma Holmes Colbert ,Chickasaw government officialTom Cole ,Chickasaw Nation , Congressman from OklahomaCharles Curtis , (Kaw /Osage /Prairie Band Potawatomi )U.S. Senator and 31stVice President of the United States Sharice Davids ,Ho-Chunk , U.S. Representative from KansasAffie Burnside Ellis ,Navajo , first Native American to serve in the Wyoming SenatePeggy Flanagan ,White Earth Nation (Ojibwe ), Lieutenant Governor of MinnesotaDeb Haaland ,Laguna Pueblo , U.S. Representative from New Mexico, 54thUnited States Secretary of the Interior Diane Humetewa ,Hopi , Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, former U.S. Attorney for the District of ArizonaEnoch Kelly Haney , (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma ), tribal leader, Oklahoma state legislator, and artistKeith Harper ,Cherokee Nation ofOklahoma , U.S. representative to theUnited Nations Human Rights Council inGeneva Larry Echo Hawk ,Pawnee Nation , formerDemocratic Attorney General of Idaho and former United States Assistant Secretary of the Interior forIndian Affairs Yvette Herrell ,Cherokee Nation , Congresswoman from New MexicoChuck Hoskin ,Cherokee Nation , member of theOklahoma House of Representatives from the 6th districtShane Jett ,Cherokee Nation , member of theOklahoma Senate from the 17th districtAndi LeBeau ,Northern Arapaho from WyomingMyron Lizer ,Navajo /Comanche , Vice President of the Navajo NationByron Mallott , (Tlingit ), formerLieutenant Governor ofAlaska Green McCurtain ,Choctaw Nation chief, Vice President of the Sequoyah Constitutional ConventionDavid T. McCoy ,Turtle Mountain Chippewa state politician and attorneyMarkwayne Mullin ,Cherokee Nation , Congressman from OklahomaMary Peltola ,Yup'ik , Congresswoman from Alaska; firstAlaska Native member of Congress, first woman to represent Alaska in the House, first representative from Alaska to have been born in the stateBen Reifel ,Sicangu Lakota , activist and Congressman from South DakotaMichael J. Stickman , Alaska Athabascan, first Chief of the Nuwato Tribal CouncilKimberly Teehee ,Cherokee Nation ,Democratic White House Senior Policy Advisor for Native American AffairsJames Vann ,Cherokee businessman and politicianPeterson Zah ,Navajo politicianWilliam Apess , (Pequot ) Methodist ministerBlack Elk ,Oglala Lakota religious leaderWilliam "Hawk" Birdshead Episcopal Church, Spiritual TeacherCharles J. Chaput (Prairie Potawatomi ), Roman Catholic bishopNeolin , (Lenni Lenape ) religious leaderGeorge Tinker ,Osage Nation theologianKennekuk ,Kickapoo spiritual leaderHandsome Lake ,Seneca religious leaderSamson Occom ,Mohegan clergymanSt. David Pendleton Oakerhater ,Southern Cheyenne warrior, artist, deacon, and saint in the Episcopal ChurchOral Roberts ,Choctaw Nation preacherJohn Slocum ,Squaxin Island Tribe , founder of theIndian Shaker Church Kateri Tekakwitha ,Mohawk /Algonquian convert, canonized saint in the Roman Catholic ChurchPeter the Aleut (Unangax ), also known as Cungagnaq, martyr and saint in some jurisdictions of the Eastern Orthodox Church.[ 8] Tenskwatawa ,Shawnee religious leaderWovoka ,Paiute religious leader and founder of theGhost Dance religionLouise Abeita ,Isleta Pueblo , 1926–2014Richard Aitson (Kiowa /Plains Apache , 1953–2022), beadwork artist and poetSherman Alexie ,Spokane /Coeur d'Alene novelist and comedianPaula Gunn Allen ,Laguna Pueblo poet, literary critic, activist, and novelistWilliam Apess (Pequot , 1798–1839), Methodist ministerAnnette Arkeketa ,Otoe-Missouria /Muscogee [ 9] Jim Barnes ,Choctaw editor, author, poet and founder of the Chariton Review PressGloria Bird ,Spokane authorSherwin Bitsui ,Navajo poetIgnatia Broker ,White Earth Ojibwe authorGregory Cajete ,Santa Clara Pueblo [ 10] Elizabeth Cook-Lynn ,Crow Creek Sioux author, poet, editor, and co-founder of theWíčazo Ša Review David Cusick ,Tuscarora illustrator and author, ca.1780–ca.1831Nora Marks Dauenhauer ,Tlingit author and poetPhilip J. Deloria ,Standing Rock Sioux Tribe [ 11] Ella Cara Deloria ,Yankton Dakota /Standing Rock Sioux , 1889–1971Vine Deloria, Jr. ,Yankton Dakota /Standing Rock Sioux , 1933–2005Natalie Diaz ,Mojave poet, language activist, former professional basketball player, and educatorMichael Dorris ,Modoc writerHeid E. Erdrich ,Turtle Mountain Ojibwe writer and poetLouise Erdrich ,Turtle Mountain Ojibwe writer and poetJanice Gould ,Maidu writerJanet Campbell Hale ,Coeur d'Alene /Ktunaxa /Cree writerGordon Henry ,White Earth Ojibwe writerLinda Hogan ,Chickasaw Nation poet, storyteller, academic, environmentalist and writer.Victoria Howard (Clackamas Chinook , c. 1865–1930), storytellerJoy Harjo ,Muscogee Nation poet, musician, and author, US poet laureateStephen Graham Jones ,Blackfeet authorDaniel Heath Justice ,Cherokee Nation authorCarole LaFavor ,Ojibwe novelist and activistLayli Long Soldier ,Oglala Lakota poet, writer, feminist, artist, and activistJohn Joseph Mathews ,Osage authorDeborah A. Miranda ,Esselen /Chumash author and poetN. Scott Momaday (Kiowa , 1934–2024) poet, author, scholar, and painterIrvin Morris ,Navajo authorMourning Dove ,Syilx author, 1888–1936Cynthia Leitich Smith ,Muscogee authorTommy Orange ,Cheyenne-Arapaho novelist and writerSimon J. Ortiz ,Acoma Pueblo poetWilliam S. Penn ,Nez Perce authorRobert L. Perea ,Oglala Lakota novelist, educator, and veteranSusan Power ,Standing Rock Dakota authorCarter Revard ,Osage Nation author and poetJohn Rollin Ridge ,Cherokee authorWendy Rose ,Hopi /Miwok authorJane Johnston Schoolcraft ,Ojibwe authorLeslie Marmon Silko ,Laguna Pueblo -descent poet and novelistJames Thomas Stevens ,Mohawk author and educatorLuci Tapahonso ,Diné poetDavid Treuer ,Leech Lake Ojibwe authorMark Turcotte ,Turtle Mountain Ojibwe authorGerald Vizenor ,White Earth Ojibwe writer and professorAnna Lee Walters ,Pawnee /Otoe authorJames Welch ,Blackfeet /Gros Ventre author and poetWilliam S. Yellow Robe, Jr. (Fort Peck Assiniboine , 1950–2021), actor, author, director, educator, playwright, and poet[ 12] Ray Young Bear ,Meskwaki authorOfelia Zepeda ,Tohono O'odham poet and intellectualCecile Black Boy Television and films [ edit ] Irene Bedard ,Iñupiaq /Yupik /Cree /Métis actress, director, producer, activistWilliam "Hawk" Birdshead activist, editor, directorNathan Lee Chasing His Horse ,Lakota actorChris Eyre , SouthernCheyenne-Arapaho director and producerKiowa Gordon ,Hualapai actorPhil Lucas ,Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma filmmaker, actor, writer, producer, director, and editorRussell Means ,Oglala Lakota activist and actorWill Rogers ,Cherokee actor and humoristWill Sampson ,Muscogee Nation painter and actorEddie Spears ,Brulé Lakota actorMichael Spears , Brulé Lakota actorLuther Standing Bear ,Oglala Lakota , author and actorWes Studi ,Cherokee Nation actorSheila Tousey ,Menominee actorFloyd Red Crow Westerman ,Sisseton Dakota actor and musicianMusicians and singers [ edit ] Chuck Billy ,Pomo -descent singer for the thrash metal band, TestamentWilliam "Hawk" Birdshead Radmilla Cody , (Navajo ) model, singer and activistBrent Michael Davids ,Stockbridge Mohican composer and flutistR. Carlos Nakai ,Navajo musicianSupaman ,Apsáalooke rapperTaboo (rapper) ,Shoshone -descent rapper and singerJohn Trudell ,Santee Dakota , musician, poet, activistFrank Waln ,Sicangu Lakota rapperGreg T. Walker ,Muscogee southern rocker, Blackfoot and Lynyrd SkynyrdTaffy Abel , (Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa ), Hall of Fame NHL Hockey Player, The First Native American in the Winter Olympics (1924 Silver medal), The First Native American in the NHL (1926), Broke the NHL Color Barrier in 1926Ron Baker ,Citizen Potawatomi NBA player with the Washington WizardsNotah Begay III ,Navajo PGA Tour golferJohnny Bench ,Choctaw Hall of Fame CatcherChief Bender ,White Earth Ojibwe Hall of Fame pitcherSam Bradford ,Cherokee Nation , American football quarterbackGerald Brisco ,Chickasaw Nation Pro Wrestler andWWE talent scoutJack Brisco ,Chickasaw Nation Pro Wrestler, Former NWA World ChampionEllison "Tarzan" Brown ,Narragansett U.S. Olympian/Marathon RunnerJoba Chamberlain ,Ho-Chunk pitcher for theDetroit Tigers Chris Chavis ,Lumbee professional wrestler, Better Known As "Tatanka."Rod Curl , (Wintu ) PGA tour golferFrank Dufina (Mackinac Bands of Chippewa and Ottawa Indians ), professional golferJacoby Ellsbury CRIT Navajo outfielder for theNew York Yankees Angel Goodrich , (Cherokee Nation ) WNBA basketball playerJoe Guyon (Chippewa ), American football halfback and baseball player. Won theNFL championship with theNew York Giants in 1927 .Al Hoptowit (Yakama ), American football playerBronson Koenig ,Ho-Chunk basketball player currently on an NBA two-way contractAshton Locklear Artistic Gymnast ofLumbee tribe. 2014 World Champion (Team), 2 x 2014 Pan American Champion (Team, Uneven Bars), 2 x 2016 Pacific Rim Champion (Team, Uneven Bars)Kyle Lohse ,Nomlaki pitcher, Milwaukee BrewersEdward "Wahoo" McDaniel ,Choctaw /Chickasaw professional wrestlerBilly Mills ,Oglala Lakota athleteAnthony Seigler ,Navajo , MLB player[ 13] Shoni Schimmel ,Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation , WNBA playerSonny Sixkiller ,Cherokee Nation American football quarterback Doug Smith (Niantic/Narragansett ), Major League Baseball pitcherAndrew Sockalexis (Penobscot ), U.S.Olympian and marathon runnerLouis Sockalexis (Penobscot ), Major League Baseball playerJim Thorpe (Sac and Fox Nation ), Olympic Gold medalist in track and field, gridiron football and baseball playerChris Wondolowski , (Kiowa ),soccer player for theSan Jose Earthquakes andUnited States national team Kerry Werner , (Kiowa ), cyclistLyle Thompson , (Onondaga ), pro Lacrosse playerJim Ross , (Cherokee Nation ), WWE wrestling announcerDennis Banks ,Leech Lake Ojibwe activist, teacher, lecturer, author and co-founder of theAmerican Indian Movement William "Hawk" Birdshead activistMary Brave Bird ,Sicangu Lakota activist. She was a member of the American Indian Movement during the 1970s and participated in some of their most publicized events.Clyde Bellecourt White Earth Ojibwe activist and co-founder of the American Indian MovementCarter Camp ,Ponca activist[ 14] Don Coyhis ,Mohican , sobriety leader and mental health activist, lecturer and author. Founder of Wellbriety, a holistic approach that emphasizes community support for individuals as well as a return to cultural roots for Native American communities.Billy Frank Jr. ,Nisqually , environmental leader and treaty rights. He was the founder and chairman, Northwest Indian Fisheries CommissionWinona LaDuke ,White Earth Ojibwe environmental activist and writer. She was known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development.Susan LaFlesche Picotte ,Omaha /Ponca /Iowa activist, first female Native American physician. She campaigned for public health and for the formal, legal allotment of land to members of the Omaha tribe.Susette LaFlesche Tibbles ,Omaha /Ponca /Iowa spokesperson for Native American rightsKatherine Smith , (Navajo ) activist and defender of Navajo landsBetty Osceola ,Miccosukee educator, conservationist, anti-fracking, and clean water advocate in theFlorida Everglades Deborah Parker (Tulalip Tribes , born 1970),[ 15] [ 16] [ 17] Leonard Peltier ,Turtle Mountain Chippewa /Lakota activist. A member of theAmerican Indian Movement (AIM), he is imprisoned for first-degree murder for the shooting of two Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) agents during a 1975 conflict on the Pine Ridge Indian ReservationElizabeth Peratrovich ,Tlingit civil rights activist. Peratrovich and her husband were instrumental in the successfulAlaska Native Sisterhood andAlaska Native Brotherhood campaign against racial discrimination in Alaska, culminating in the 1945 enactment of the Anti-Discrimination Act.Lawrence Plamondon , Grand TraverseOdawa /Ojibwe activist and storyteller. He helped found the White Panther Party. He was the first hippie to be listed on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Plamondon's father was half-Odawa and his mother was part-Ojibwe.D'Arcy McNickle ,Salish Kootenai author, activist, and anthropologistZitkala-Sa ,Yankton Dakota writer and activist. She was co-founder of theNational Council of American Indians , supporting Native civil rights. In addition, she served as its president until her death in 1938. She wrote several books about the Native American cultures and is one of the most influential Native American activists of the twentieth century.Simon Pokagon ,Pokagon Potawatomi author and Native American advocate.Leopold Pokagon ,Pokagon Potawatomi storyteller and activist. He tried to protect and promote the Potawatomi communities living in the St. Joseph River Valley and their lands.Luana Reyes ,Confederated Colville Tribes (Sinixt ) health activist and educator, 1933–2001[ 18] Sarah Winnemucca ,Northern Paiute advocate for the rights of Native Americans and served US forces as a messenger, interpreter, and guide, and as a teacher for imprisoned Native Americans. She also wrote the "first known autobiography written by a Native American woman."Linguists and interpreters [ edit ] Jessie Little Doe Baird (Mashpee Wampanoag , born 1963), linguist and preserver of theMassachusett language Hobomok ,Wampanoag interpreterDon Luis (died 1571),Kiskiack orPaspahegh guide and interpreter for a party of Jesuit missionaries in VirginiaJoseph James and Joseph James, Jr. ,Kaw /Osage interpreters and guidesToby Riddle (1848–1920),Modoc interpreter and diplomatSacajawea ,Shoshone interpreterJohn Sassamon ,Massachusett , interpreterSequoyah (Cherokee ), inventor of theCherokee syllabary Squanto (c. 1585–November 1622), also known asTisquantum , last survivingPatuxet , interpreter for the Pilgrims in Plymouth, MassachusettsJournalists and columnists [ edit ] Charlie LeDuff ,Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa journalist, writer, and media personalityRob Capriccioso ,Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians , journalist and writerTerri Crawford Hansen ,Ho-Chunk /Potawatomi journalist, and authorJohn Christian Hopkins ,Narragansett people journalist, authorJim Northrup ,Fond du Lac Ojibwe columnist and political writerWillie Ottogary ,Northwestern Shoshone journalist and leader.Will Rogers, Jr. ,Cherokee Nation journalist and politicianMark Trahant ,Shoshone -Bannock , print and broadcast journalist, and authorBuffalo Bird Woman ,Hidatsa womanGregory Cajete ,Santa Clara Pueblo ethnobotanist, author, and educatorIshi ,Yana educator and last member of his tribeFrancis LaFlesche ,Omaha /Ponca /Iowa ethnologist and authorRobert J. Conley , Cherokee authorVine Deloria, Jr. ,Yankton Dakota /Standing Rock Nakota theologian, historian, writer and activistCharles Eastman ,Santee Dakota author, physician and helped found the Boy Scouts of America.LeAnne Howe ,Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma author and scholarJoseph Marshall III ,Lakota educator and authorDevon A. Mihesuah ,Choctaw Nation historian, author, and editorJoe Medicine Crow ,Crow Nation anthropologistNila NorthSun ,Shoshone /Ojibwe author and historianLuana Ross ,Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes sociologist and authorDelphine Red Shirt ,Oglala writer and chair of OCIDWIP at theUnited Nations Richard Twiss ,Sicangu Lakota educator and authorWaziyatawin , Wahpetunwan Dakota historian, educator, and authorLori Alvord , surgeon, firstDiné woman to ever become board certified in surgeryGeorge Bent ,Cheyenne , soldier, warrior, interpreter, and cultural informantPolly Cooper ,Oneida Tribe aid to theContinental Army during theAmerican Revolution atValley Forge Jesse Cornplanter ,Seneca author and artistLeonard Crow Dog ,Sicangu Lakota medicine man, activist, and authorPierre Cruzatte ,Omaha member of theLewis and Clark Expedition .Deganawida (Haudenosaunee ), founder of the Iroquois Confederacy, more respectfully calledThe Great Peacemaker Larry EchoHawk ,Pawnee head of the BIA, former Attorney General of IdahoJohn Herrington ,Chickasaw Nation NASA astronautJames and Ernie ,Navajo comedy duoMaude Kegg ,Mille Lacs Ojibwe writer, folk artist, and cultural interpreterMountain Wolf Woman ,Ho-Chunk autobiographerOwl Woman ,Cheyenne negotiator, peacemaker,Colorado Women's Hall of Fame Pocahontas , akaMatoaka ,Powhatan mediator with the earliest colonists in Jamestown[ 21] Rattling Blanket Woman (Miniconjou ), mother ofCrazy Horse Paul Chaat Smith ,Comanche /Choctaw , writer, Associate Curator of theNational Museum of the American Indian [ 14] Maria Tallchief ,Osage Nation ballerinaMarjorie Tallchief ,Osage Nation ballerinaRandy'L He-dow Teton ,Shoshone -Bannock , model for the US Sacagawea dollarTsali ,Eastern Cherokee warrior, chief, and martyr^ Notable American Indians ^ Famous Native Americans ^ "IV. Our Nation's American Indian and Alaska Native Citizens." US Department of the Interior Bureau of Indian Affairs. Retrieved July 8, 2012.^ Porter, Kenneth W. (1949). "The Founder of the "Seminole Nation" Secoffee or Cowkeeper".The Florida Historical Quarterly .27 (4):362– 384.ISSN 0015-4113 .JSTOR 30138772 . ^ Henry Thompson Malone,Cherokees of the Old South ^ Sonneborn, Liz (2007).A to Z of American Indian women 11 .ISBN 9780816066940 ^ Jouzapavicius, Justin."Cherokee Nation: Challenger wins chief election." [dead link Associated Press. 11 Oct 2011 (retrieved 12 Oct 2011) ^ "Martyr Peter the Aleut" .www.oca.org .^ Hypatia. Project Muse. 18:2, Spring 2003. Retrieved March 1, 2009.^ Plumber, Mary Annette.Getting to Know Dr. Gregory Cajete. [permanent dead link Diverse Issues in Higher Education. October 16, 2008 . Retrieved March 1, 2009. ^ "Governance." National Museum of the American Indian. Retrieved July 11, 2012.^ "William S. Yellow Robe, Jr. on First Person Radio, 4/20/16" . KFAI. April 19, 2016. RetrievedMay 2, 2016 .^ "Native athletes in the news: NY Yankees draft Anthony Seigler (Navajo)" .www.firstnationsfocus.com . RetrievedJuly 18, 2018 .^a b "American Indian Movement" . Archived fromthe original on November 19, 2012. RetrievedMay 7, 2014 .^ Walker, Richard (June 9, 2017)."10 Things You Should Know About the Tulalip Tribes" . People.Indian Country Today National Congress of American Indians .ISSN 1066-5501 . Archived fromthe original on September 29, 2017. RetrievedJune 11, 2018 .Deborah Parker (1970– ). Former vice chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes; leading advocate for expansion of the Violence Against Women Act to include protections for Native American women; appointed by Sen. Bernie Sanders, D-Vermont, to the 2016 Democratic National Convention's Platform Committee. ^ Muhlstein, Julie (May 22, 2012)."Tulalip leader speaks in D.C. for protection for women" . Local News.The Daily Herald ISSN 2332-0079 .Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. RetrievedJuly 22, 2018 .Parker, 41, is the new vice chairwoman of the Tulalip Tribes Board of Directors. Elected in March [2012], she is the only woman on the current board and its youngest member. ^ Winters, Chris (March 24, 2015)."Tulalip Tribes return former chairman to board" . Local News.The Daily Herald ISSN 2332-0079 .Archived from the original on July 22, 2018. RetrievedJuly 22, 2018 .Board member Deborah Parker did not run for re-election. ^ Green, Sara Jean."Luana Reyes, 68, a leader in agency for Indian health." Seattle Times. November 10, 2001. Retrieved July 25, 2012. ^ "Down to Earth With: Cave scientist and paleoclimatologist Kathleen Johnson" .EARTH Magazine . February 9, 2017. RetrievedFebruary 14, 2020 .^ Maria Yellow Horse Brave Heart, "Wakiksuyapi: Carrying the historical trauma of the Lakota."Tulane Studies in Social Welfare, 21(22): 245–66 ^ "Pocahontas." Powhatan Museum . Retrieved January 22, 2011.Keoke, Emory Dean and Porterfield, Kay Marie.Encyclopedia of American Indian Contributions to the World , Facts on File Inc. (2009)ISBN 9781438109909 Malinowski,Sharon and Abrams George H. J.Notable Native Americans , Gale Research (1995)ISBN 9780810396388
