Dennis Banks

Dennis Banks

male, 77 years old
COINTELPRO target, ojibwe language, United States Congress, COINTELPRO targets, BureauofIndianAffairs, Federal government of the United States…American Indian Movement, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, Leech Lake Indian Reservation
Dennis Banks (born April 12, 1937), a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian...
Wilma Mankiller

Wilma Mankiller

female, 64 years old
writer, BureauofIndianAffairs, Tribal chief, Wilma Pearl Mankiller, alcatraz, gadugi…Indian Relocation Program
Wilma Pearl Mankiller (born November 18, 1945 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma) was the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Mankiller grew up with her...
Dick Wilson

Dick Wilson

male
amnesty international, Native American, Lakota tribe, goon, leader, Tribal Chairman…BureauofIndianAffairs, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation
Dick Wilson (1934 - 1990) was the Oglala tribal chairman on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota from 1972 - 1976. The 1992...
Allen Hamilton

Allen Hamilton

male, deceased (1864)
whig party, constitutional convention, Miami tribe, whig, Franklin College, From fort wayne, Indiana…BureauofIndianAffairs, Indian Agent
Allen Hamilton 1798-1864 was a founding father of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Allen Hamilton immigrated from Ireland in 1820, living in Lawrenceburg,...
Thomas L. McKenney

Thomas L. McKenney

male, deceased (1858)
United States Secretary of War, War Department, United States Department of War, Secretary of War, BureauofIndianAffairs, Thomas Loraine McKenney
Thomas Loraine McKenney (1785-1859) was a United States official who served as Superintendent of Indian Trade from 1816-1822. After the abolishment...
Jim Webb

Jim Webb

male, 63 years old (Arlington, Virginia, United States)
writer, Screenwriter, Washington, D.C. lawyer, American military, Irish-American, Independent Green…University of Southern California alumni, Independent Green Party of Virginia, Recipient of the Silver Star medal, secretary of the navy, Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
James Henry "Jim" Webb, Jr. (born February 9, 1946) is the junior Senator from Virginia. He is also an author and a former Secretary of the Navy...

Charles H. Burke

male, deceased (1944)
Republican, republican party, Charles Henry Burke, congressman, American, politician…South Dakota House of Representatives, BureauofIndianAffairs
Charles Henry Burke (April 1, 1861 - April 7, 1944) was a Republican Congressman from South Dakota and Commissioner of the Bureau of Indian Affairs...
Joel Palmer

Joel Palmer

male, deceased (1881)
Oregon State Senator, Speaker of the Oregon House of Representatives, Indian Affairs, Oregon Country, immigrant, BureauofIndianAffairs
General Joel Palmer, October 41810 (Ontario, Canada) - June 91881 (Dayton, Oregon), was an Oregon pioneer, author of a popular immigrant guidebook,...
Ben Reifel

Ben Reifel

male
Republican, Ninety-second Congress, Native American, republican party, South Dakota politician, Lakota Sioux…Department of the Interior, Rosebud Indian Reservation, BureauofIndianAffairs, Department of Interior, college of home economics
Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Reifel (September 19, 1906 - January 2, 1990), a Lakota Sioux and a Republican United States Congressman from the First District...
Ann Nolan Clark

Ann Nolan Clark

female, deceased (1995)
Tesuque, Anna Marie Nolan, historian, Travel writer, one-room schoolhouse, Catholic Library Association…BureauofIndianAffairs, Office of Indian Affairs, The Secret of the Andes
Ann Nolan Clark, born Anna Marie Nolan was an American writer who won the 1953 Newbery Medal. Born in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Clark graduated from...