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Award-winning Tejana performance poet, performer, and playwright

US Air Force Veteran Tillie Smith served for six years as a mechanic.

Native American theater and opera director and writer

Aunty Maria survived a tough upbringing to become a keen advocate for Aboriginal communities and their rights over 30 years.

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper was the first and, to date, only female chief of Florida’s Seminole tribe.

Among many achievements, Aunty Marge was the first Aboriginal woman to serve on the Aboriginal Welfare Board.

Aunty Iris Lovett-Gardiner was a beloved Gunditjmara elder and leader in Aboriginal education.

Aunty Hyllus Maris was a Wurundjeri, Wiradjuri and Yorta Yorta activist, poet, scriptwriter and educator

Executive director of the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities

21st century US Air Force veteran