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Madeline Sayet

Native American theater and opera director and writer

Maria Starcevic

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

Betty Mae Tiger Jumper

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

Marge Tucker

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

Iris Lovett-Gardiner

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

Hyllus Maris

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

Aiko Yamashiro

Executive director of the Hawai‘i Council for the Humanities

Alexis McCray

21st century US Air Force veteran

Mildred Loving

In Loving v. Virginia, decided on June 12, 1967, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously struck down Virginia’s law prohibiting interracial marriages as a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment.

For thirty years Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve has written children’s books with the intention of dispelling stereotypes and negative images of Native Americans. She has brought the richness of Native American culture and heritage to thousands of children.