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Also Known As Wahunsenacawh • Wahunsenacah
Died April 1618 • Virginia
Notable Family Members daughter Pocahontas • brother Opechancanough

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Powhatan
Powhatan bust
Painting of Pocahontas, also known as Matoaka, seated and wearing a brown and white draped garment, with long dark hair and one hand resting on her lap.
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Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Powhatan woman
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Opechancanough
American Indian chief
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
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
American author
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Alexander McGillivray
Muscogee chief
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Ovide Mercredi
Canadian First Nations leader
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
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Dull Knife
Cheyenne chief
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Eagle Woman
American peace activist
Chief Joseph
Chief Joseph
Nez Percé chief