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Also Known As Wambdi Autepewin • Matilda Picotte Galpin
Born 1820 • South Dakota
Died December 18, 1888 (aged 68) • Miles City • Montana
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Ovide Mercredi
Canadian First Nations leader
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Mary Crow Dog
Sicangu Lakota activist and author
Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Powhatan woman
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
American author
Zitkala-Sa
Zitkala-Sa
American writer
Maria Tallchief
Maria Tallchief
American dancer
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Ella Cara Deloria
Sioux scholar, ethnographer, writer, and translator
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Marjorie Tallchief
American dancer
Russell Means, wearing a cream shirt and black jacket, with long hair in braids, smiles at the camera against a white backdrop with black text.
Russell Means
Oglala Lakota Sioux activist
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
American author, academic, musician and artist
Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.
Black Hawk
Sauk and Fox leader
Lori Piestewa
Lori Piestewa
American soldier
Nancy Ward
Nancy Ward
Native American leader
United States postage stamp featuring Sacagawea in traditional Shoshone dress with two braids, holding a staff, against a sky with clouds. The stamp value reads 29 USA.
Sacagawea
Shoshone interpreter
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen
American author and scholar
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Lakota chief
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Alexander McGillivray
Muscogee chief
Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker
Native American leader
Sarah Winnemucca
Sarah Winnemucca
Native American educator, author and lecturer