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.
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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.
Alexis McCray
21st century US Air Force veteran
Mildred Loving
In Loving v. Virginia, decided on June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down Virginia’s law prohibiting interracial marriages as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve
For thirty years Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve has written children’s books with the intention of dispelling stereotypes and negative images of Native Americans. She has brought the richness of Native American culture and heritage to thousands of children.