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Also Known As Mary Ellen Moore-Richard • Mary Ellen Brave Bird
Born September 26, 1954 • South Dakota
Died February 14, 2013 (aged 58) • Nevada
Notable Works “Lakota Woman”
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
Dennis Banks
Dennis Banks
American activist
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Eagle Woman
American peace activist
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
American author, academic, musician and artist
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
Lori Piestewa
Lori Piestewa
American soldier
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen
American author and scholar
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Lakota chief
Susette La Flesche
Susette La Flesche
American author and activist
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Katherine Siva Saubel
Native American scholar
Ross, John
John Ross
chief of Cherokee Nation
Wilma Mankiller
Wilma Mankiller
Native American leader
Spotted Tail
Spotted Tail
Sioux leader
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Janet Campbell Hale
Native American poet and novelist
Leonard Peltier
Leonard Peltier
American Indian activist
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Suzan Shown Harjo
Native American activist