Marguerite Duplessis
1700s Pawnee woman who was enslaved and fought for her freedom in court
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Elizabeth Montour
1700s interpreter, diplomat, and local leader of Algonquin and French Canadian ancestry.
Sarah Ballenden
Central figure in Canadian defamation case, the Foss-Pelly scandal.
Sally Ross
1800s Okanagan Indian and housewife
Nahnebahwequay
1800s Ojibwa spokeswoman
Christianne Morris
1800s Micmac artist and artist’s model
Gouentagrandi
1700s Oneida diplomat
Suzanne Connolly
1800s Cree woman whose relationship with her white husband led to a legal case establishing the validity of such inter-racial marriages
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.