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Born January 30, 1946 (age 80) • Manitoba
Political Affiliation New Democratic Party of Manitoba
Poundmaker
Poundmaker
Cree chief
Johnson, Pauline
Pauline Johnson
Canadian Indian poet
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Anna Mae Aquash
Mi’kmaq Indian activist
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Big Bear
Cree chief
Black and white portrait of Norval Morrisseau, the Indigenous Canadian artist, shown in a composed pose with a neutral expression.
Norval Morrisseau
Indigenous Canadian artist
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
Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Powhatan woman
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
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
American author
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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
Zitkala-Sa
Zitkala-Sa
American writer
Geronimo, 1886
Geronimo
Apache leader