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Minnie Pwerle

Indigenous Australian artist

Rosy Simas

American dancer and choreographer

Yvonne Koolmatrie

Indigenous Australian artist known for her traditional weaving of items like eel traps

Pacheedaht activist Harriet Nahanee made headlines in 2006 when the septuagenarian was arrested by Vancouver police protesting a highway expansion that would damage Eagleridge Bluffs land and ecosystems, in preparation for the 2010 Olympics.

Kankawa Nagarra

Walmatjarri elder, community activist, and blues and gospel singer-songwriter

Lillian Moyer

Tahltan elder Lillian Moyer was 67 when she was arrested in 2006 in northern British Columbia and a First Nations blockade that had been preventing a mining company from exploring the Todagin Plateau for copper and gold.

Esme Timbery

Aboriginal Australian shellwork artist

Gloria Petyarre

Known for her beautiful “medicine leaf” motif, Petyarre first began gaining attention in the late 1970s for her batik works.

Erima Maewa Kaihau

Māori composer, pianist and music teacher

Barbara Weir

Aboriginal Australian artist