Christianne Morris
1800s Micmac artist and artist’s model
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Dr Haunani-Kay Trask
Native Hawaiian was a scholar, poet, activist, and revolutionary known for her deep historical and cultural analysis of US Imperialism and oppression in Hawai’i. She was also an iconic figure in the Hawaiian Sovereignty Movement.
Gouentagrandi
1700s Oneida diplomat
Suzanne Connolly
1800s Cree woman whose relationship with her white husband led to a legal case establishing the validity of such inter-racial marriages
Rachel Perkins
Australian film and television director, producer and writer
Angela Tafoya Baca
Santa Clara Pueblo artist known for her redware and blackware pottery
Lola James
Yorta Yorta elder and community worker
Leanne Miller
Leanne Miller has made significant contributions to the welfare of Aboriginal communities in Victoria, Australia.
Clara González
Panamanian feminist, lawyer, judge, and activist Clara González became the first Panamanian woman to earn her Bachelor of Law Degree in 1922, the same year she established the Partido Nacional Feminista (PNF, National Feminist Party) to campaign for women’s rights and suffrage.
Dr Gladys Tantaquidgeon
Mohegan medicine woman, anthropologist, author, elder and tribal council member Gladys Tantaquidgeon co-founded the Tantaquidgeon Indian Museum, the oldest to be owned and operated by Native Americans, in 1931.