Indigenous > Native American Archives

Olivia Ward Bush-Banks

African-American author, poet, and playwright, celebrated for her contributions to African American and Native American literature.

Sheila North

The first woman to be voted as the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO) Grand Chief by First Nations leaders.

Amache Ochinee Prowers

Notable figure in Colorado’s history, known for her cultural and social influence.

American poet, writer, and teacher who played a pivotal role in the Black Arts Movement and authored more than a dozen books of poetry, as well as short stories, critical essays, plays, and children’s books.

Marcella LeBeau

Prominent Lakota woman celebrated for her service as a nurse and military veteran.

Marie Wilcox

The last native speaker of Wukchumni, a dialect of Tule-Kaweah, an indigenous language spoken by the Tule-Kaweah Yokuts of California. Her life’s work focused on preserving this endangered language.

Mary Golda Ross

First known Native American female engineer and pioneering female engineer at Lockheed.

Ramona Bennett

American Puyallup leader and advocate whose indomitable spirit ignited the 1960s and 1970s Fish Wars in the US Pacific Northwest.

Dr Susan La Flesche Picotte

Pioneering Native American doctor from the Omaha tribe. She made history as the first Indigenous woman to earn a medical degree, and she tirelessly campaigned for public health and land rights for the Omaha tribe.