Dr Consuelo E M Carmona
New Mexico obstetrician and gynecologist
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Dr Barbara L Riley
Dr. Barbara Riley is the first person from her hometown of Dillingham, Alaska, to become a physician and the first Alaskan Native appointed to the medical staff at Alaska’s Kanakanak Hospital.
Dr Bernadette T Freeland-Hyde
Dr. Bernadette Freeland-Hyde has served the Salt River Maricopa Indian Community since 1999.
Natawista Iksina
Natawista, or Medicine Snake Woman, played a crucial role as a cultural and political intermediary in the mid-1800s.
Lena Horne
Legendary singer/actor Lena Horne has fought against racism in the entertainment industry throughout her career and against racial discrimination in this country throughout her life.
Piu-uina
Piu-uina exemplifies the ways Indigenous women navigated the mission system as they lived their lives.
Pelagia Melgenak
Pelagia Melgenak’s story shows a grit and determination to survive as an individual but also as a vessel to help a culture survive.
Eula Pearl Carter Scott
Scott received her pilot’s license at age 13 in the 1920s
Juana Briones
1800s Mexican-American pioneer, businesswoman, healer, and landowner
Mestaa’ėhehe
Born during a time of increasingly strained relationships between Native Americans and white colonizers, Owl Woman is credited with nourishing peace on the Colorado plains.