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Native American weaver
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Susan Hudson
Quilter and co-founder of the Navajo Quilt Project
Jennie Thlunaut
Tlingit weaver credited with single-handedly keeping the tradition alive in Alaska during a period of decline in interest in native crafts
Qanajuq
Copper Inuit hunter, seamstress, and singer
Marie
Enslaved Native American tried in Trois-Rivières for attempted murder and suicide and sentenced on 29 Dec. 1759 to be hanged.
Vanessa Paukeigope Jennings
Kiowa regalia maker
Emma Amos
An artist accomplished in several media, Emma Amos explored difficult issues concerning politics, gender, race, and cultural history in her work. Her highly expressive visual art combined printmaking, painting, and textiles with photography and collage. She was also known as a teacher, curator, writer, and activist.
Selena Sloan Butler
Selena Sloan Butler organized the first National Congress of Colored Parents and Teachers (NCCPT) and cofounded the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, which is now a part of the National Parent Teacher Association (PTA).
Theresa Secord
A passionate advocate for preserving the ash and sweetgrass basketmaking heritage of the Wabanaki tribes of Maine (Maliseet, Micmac, Passamaquoddy, and Penobscot tribes), Theresa Secord is a master basketmaker, still using the basket molds that she inherited from her great-grandmother to shape her art.
Teri Rofkar
Teri Rofkar, known also by her Lingít clan name, Cháas’ koowú tláa was a master in the traditional ways of Raven’s Tail weaving and Spruce Root Basketry. She was also an accomplished educator who passed on these traditional Lingít weaving techniques to future generations so that the skills and art of the Lingít people would not be lost.