Suzanne Connolly
1800s Cree woman whose relationship with her white husband led to a legal case establishing the validity of such inter-racial marriages
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Angela Tafoya Baca
Santa Clara Pueblo artist known for her redware and blackware pottery
Dr Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, author, elder and tribal council member Gladys Tantaquidgeon co-founded the Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, the oldest to be owned and operated by Native Americans, in 1931.
Elissa Washuta
Aauthor of two books, Starvation Mode and My Body Is a Book of Rules, named a finalist for the Washington State Book Award.
Celiast Smith
The life of Celiast Smith, a Clatsop woman, embodies an often-overlooked truth about the nineteenth-century Pacific West: the important role women’s movement played in claiming and making homes.
Thaayrohyadi Serafín
Otomi poet who has contributed to the promotion, dissemination, and defense of self-determination and the historical rights of Indigenous peoples’ cultural heritage.
Amalia Ortiz
Award-winning Tejana performance poet, performer, and playwright
Tillie Smith
US Air Force Veteran Tillie Smith served for six years as a mechanic.
Madeline Sayet
Native American theater and opera director and writer
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper
Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was the first and, to date, only female chief of Florida’s Seminole tribe.