Cornstalk

male, deceased (1777)
American Revolutionary War execution, leader, american revolution, MurderedNativeAmerican, shawnee, american indian…American Revolutionary War, Native American in the American Revolution, Native American
Hokoleskwa or Cornstalk (c.1720 - November 10, 1777) was a prominent leader of the Shawnee people in the era of the American Revolution. His name...
Black Kettle

Black Kettle

male, deceased (1868)
Cheyenne, Native American, from Oklahoma, Cheyenne tribe, MurderedNativeAmerican, leader
Chief Black Kettle (born 1801 - 1807, died November 27, 1868) was a Cheyenne leader who unsuccessfully attempted to resist white settlement from...
Chief Mahaska

Chief Mahaska

male, deceased (1834)
Omaha, French, Native American, MurderedNativeAmerican, fort leavenworth, dakota
Mahaska, or White Cloud, (1784 - 1834) was a chief of the Native American Iowa tribe. Mahaska became chief at an early age after killing several...
John Ridge

John Ridge

male, deceased (1839)
treaty of new echota, MurderedNativeAmerican, cherokee, zorro, Joaquin Murieta
John Ridge (1792 - June 22, 1839, Translated Cherokee Name: Yellow Bird) was the son of Major Ridge and a member of the Cherokee Tribe. He married...
Fred Martinez

Fred Martinez

male, deceased (2001)
transgender, transvestite, Native American, Hate crime, MurderedNativeAmerican, navajo…LGBT Native American
Fred C. Martinez, Jr. (May, 1985 - June 16, 2001) was a transgender Native American student of Navajo ancestry. Among Navajo people, a transgender...
Conquering Bear

Conquering Bear

male, deceased (1854)
Mato Wayuhi, fort laramie, Lakota tribe, MurderedNativeAmerican, Sioux, leader…Native American
Mato Wayuhi was a Brulé Lakota chief who signed the Fort Laramie Treaty in 1851. He was killed in 1854 when troops from Fort Laramie stormed his e...
Bear Hunter

Bear Hunter

male, deceased (1863)
Salt Lake City, american civil war, Native American, MurderedNativeAmerican, leader, Great Basin
Bear Hunter (died January 27, 1863) was a Shoshone chief of the Great Basin who strongly resisted white colonization of the area in the 1860s. He...
Mangas Coloradas

Mangas Coloradas

male, deceased (1863)
white, leader, MurderedNativeAmerican, apache, chiricahua, rio grande…Native American
Mangas Coloradas or Dasoda-hae (known as the Red Sleeves) (born 1793? - died 1863), was an Apache tribal chief and a member of the Eastern...
Miantonomoh

Miantonomoh

male, deceased (1643)
Miantonomah, Miantonomo, mohican, leader, sachem, pequot…MurderedNativeAmerican, Native American
Miantonomoh (1565?-1643), also spelled Miantonomo or Miantonomah, was a chief of the Narraganset tribe of New England Indians, nephew of their...