Helen Hunt Jackson

Helen Hunt Jackson

female, deceased (1885)
Helen Maria Hunt Jackson (October 18, 1830 - August 12, 1885) was an American writer best known as the author of "Ramona", a novel about the ill...
Black Kettle

Black Kettle

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

Wovoka

deceased (1932)
Wovoka (c. 1856 - September 20, 1932), also known as Jack Wilson, was the Northern Paiute religious leader who founded the Ghost Dance movement....
Quanah Parker

Quanah Parker

male, deceased (1911)
Quanah Parker (c. late 1840s - February 23, 1911) was a Native American leader, the son of Comanche chief Peta Nocona and "Anglo-Texan" Cynthia Ann...
Gary Farmer

Gary Farmer

male, 56 years old
Gary Dale Farmer (born June 12, 1953) is a Canadian actor. Farmer was born in Ohsweken, Ontario into the Cayuga nation and Wolf Clan of the...
Little Turtle

Little Turtle

male, deceased (1812)
Little Turtle or Mishikinakwa (c. 1747 - July 14, 1812) was a chief of the Miami tribe in what is presently Indiana, and one of the most successful...
Paul Goble

Paul Goble

male, 79 years old
Paul Goble (1930-) is an award winning author and illustrator of children's books, mostly Native American stories. Goble has received a number of...
Gerald Vizenor

Gerald Vizenor

male, 75 years old
Gerald Robert Vizenor (born 1934) is a Native American (Anishinaabe) writer, and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth...
Ira Hayes

Ira Hayes

male, deceased (1955)
Ira Hamilton Hayes was a Akimel O’odham, or Pima Indian, and an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community. A veteran of World War II's Ba...