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Cathy Freeman

At her home Olympics in 2000, Cathy Freeman was the first Aboriginal Australian to win an individual Olympic gold medal.

Lilian Snooks

Lillian Bernice Snooks was at the forefront of the late-twentieth century campaign to preserve Atsugewi culture and traditions.

Julia Parker

Julia Parker spent most of her years living and working in Yosemite Village in California.

Karen Ann Hoffman

Karen Ann Hoffman has been beading peace, beauty, and meaning through her Haudenosaunee Raised Beadwork since the 1990s.

Kelly Church

Native American basketmaker

Eva Mirabal

Entitled G.I. Gertie, her comic strips appeared in a Women’s Army Corps (WAC) publication and featured the hijinks of a young woman soldier.

Annie Klaney

Chilkat blanket weaver

Pablita Velarde

Prominent Native American painter

Norma Jean Serena

Serena, a Native American woman, filed a civil lawsuit in 1974 seeking damages for violations of her constitutional rights to procreate and bear children

Minnie Spotted Wolf

One of the first Native American women to enlist in the U.S. military, who joined the United States Marine Corps Women’s Reserve.