Marguerite Duplessis
1700s Pawnee woman who was enslaved and fought for her freedom in court
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Elizabeth Montour
1700s interpreter, diplomat, and local leader of Algonquin and French Canadian ancestry.
Sarah Ballenden
Central figure in Canadian defamation case, the Foss-Pelly scandal.
Sally Ross
1800s Okanagan Indian and housewife
Nahnebahwequay
1800s Ojibwa spokeswoman
Christianne Morris
1800s Micmac artist and artist’s model
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