Frances Mathyssen-Briggs
Aunty Frances Mathyssen-Briggs has a lifelong commitment to family, welfare, health, land rights and culture.
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Geraldine Briggs
Aunty Geraldine Briggs AO is remembered for her contribution to the Aboriginal community’s health and cultural identity.
Alida Montiel
Native American activist and dancer
Fay Stewart-Muir
Aunty Fay is a highly respected Aboriginal Australian Elder who has served the Victorian community for over 40 years.
Dorianne Laux
Laux is the author of three collections of poetry from BOA Editions, Awake (1990), What We Carry (1994), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Smoke (2000). She is also co-author, with Kim Addonizio, of The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (W.W. Norton, 1997).
Mildred Bailey
Innovative Jazz Age vocalist
Fay Carter
Aunty Fay Carter worked for more than 30 years to support and improve living conditions for Aboriginal Australians.
Shawnadithit
The last known living member of the Beothuk people, indigenous inhabitants of Newfoundland, Canada.
Pearl Gibbs
In 1937, Pearl Gibbs co-founded the Aborigines’ Progressive Association in Australia.
Ida Blackeagle
Ida Blackeagle was a Cultural Demonstrator at the Nez Perce National Historical Park who was instrumental to the revitalization of Nimíipuu cornhusk weaving in the mid-twentieth century.