Evo Morales

Evo Morales

male, 50 years old
Mestizo, Oruro Department, Orinoca, Native South American, Spanish conquest, Bolivian Gas War…IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas, Foreign relations of the United States, President of Bolivia, Spanish colonization of the Americas, head of state
Juan Evo Morales Ayma (born October 26, 1959 in Orinoca, Oruro), popularly known as Evo, is the President of Bolivia, and has been declared to be...

Bartolomé de las Casas

male, deceased (1566)
andalusian, Spanish Empire, Dominicans, Dominican Order, From Seville, evangelical lutheran church in america…Calendar of Saint, IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas, Spanish colonization of the Americas
Bartolomé de las Casas, O.P. (August 24 1484 - July 17 1566), was a 16th century Spanish Dominican priest, and the first resident Bishop of C...

Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda

male, deceased (1573)
monarch, bible, Theologian, Native American, philosopher, spanish…IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas, School of Salamanca, right of conquest
Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda was a Spanish philosopher and theologian. He was the adversary of Bartolomé de las Casas in the Valladolid Controversy in...
Guaman Poma

Guaman Poma

male
Chronicler, Human Poma, death, Spanish colonization of the Americas, Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Nueva Crónica y Buen Gobierno…IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas
Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, best known as Guaman Poma or Human Poma, (c. 1550 - after 1616) was an indigenous Peruvian who became disillusioned...

Laurette Séjourné

female, deceased (2003)
America Latina Antiguas culturas precolombinas, Colonialism, Mesoamerica scholar, Mexican, archaeology, ethnology…National Institute of Anthropology and History, IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas
Laurette Séjourné was an archeologist and ethnologist. The native french woman was born in Italy, she later became a naturalized Mexican citizen. Du...
Jacques Marquette

Jacques Marquette

male, deceased (1675)
Marquette University, French, lake superior, Explorer of Canada, Jesuit, Native American…Explorer of North America, Society of Jesus, IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas, Straits of Mackinac, Bay of Green Bay
Father Jacques Marquette (June 10, 1637-May 18, 1675) and Louis Jolliet were the first Europeans to see and map the northern portion of the...
Frances Benjamin Johnston

Frances Benjamin Johnston

female, deceased (1952)
Thomas Smillie, Washington Students League, Admiral Dewey, Académie Julian, uss olympia, smithsonian…IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas
Frances "Fannie" Benjamin Johnston was one of the earliest American female photographers and photojournalists. The only surviving child of wealthy...

José María Arguedas

male, deceased (1969)
andes, Literary realism, novelist, peruvian, syntax, spanish…IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas
José María Arguedas was a Peruvian novelist, poet, and anthropologist who wrote mainly in Spanish although some of his poetry is in Quechua. Ge...
Wandering Spirit

Wandering Spirit

male, deceased (1885)
First Nations leader, First Nations history, cree, IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas, Plains Cree, First Nations in Saskatchewan
Wandering Spirit (a.k.a. Kapapamahchakwew, Papamahchakwayo, Esprit Errant; b.1845 - d.1885) was a Cree war chief of a band of Plains Cree.
A Martinez

A Martinez

male, 61 years old
Adolph Larrue Martinez, III, soap opera, Native American, IndigenouspeoplesoftheAmericas, spanish, Outstanding Lead Actor - Daytime Drama Series…The Cowboys
emmyawards = Outstanding Lead Actor - Daytime Drama Series<br>;1990 "Santa Barbara"A Martinez (born Adolph Larrue Martinez, III September 27, 1948)...