Angeline Boulley
Angeline Boulley, an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, is a storyteller who writes about her Ojibwe community in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
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Anna Pike Rosler
In her youth, Anna ventured to the San Juan Islands every summer to fish and hunt with her Alaskan Native family. During one of these visits, she met her future husband, Christopher Rosler, a German immigrant who was a soldier in the U.S. Army stationed at American Camp. They married in 1861 when Anna was fifteen years old. Together, they homesteaded and raised nine children on 160 acres, some of which is now part of San Juan Island National Historical Park.
Frances Mathyssen-Briggs
Aunty Frances Mathyssen-Briggs has a lifelong commitment to family, welfare, health, land rights and culture.
Geraldine Briggs
Aunty Geraldine Briggs AO is remembered for her contribution to the Aboriginal community’s health and cultural identity.
Alida Montiel
Native American activist and dancer
Fay Stewart-Muir
Aunty Fay is a highly respected Aboriginal Australian Elder who has served the Victorian community for over 40 years.
Dorianne Laux
Laux is the author of three collections of poetry from BOA Editions, Awake (1990), What We Carry (1994), finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Smoke (2000). She is also co-author, with Kim Addonizio, of The Poet’s Companion: A Guide to the Pleasures of Writing Poetry (W.W. Norton, 1997).
Mildred Bailey
Innovative Jazz Age vocalist
Fay Carter
Aunty Fay Carter worked for more than 30 years to support and improve living conditions for Aboriginal Australians.
Shawnadithit
The last known living member of the Beothuk people, indigenous inhabitants of Newfoundland, Canada.