Tina Turner

Tina Turner

female, 69 years old
singer, Rhythm and blues singer, rock and roll, American, The Ike & Tina Turner Revue, film producer…African American, NativeAmerican
Tina Turner (born November 26, 1939) is a 11 time Grammy Award-winning (sharing three), American Singer, Dancer, Record Producer, Executive...
Joseph Bruchac

Joseph Bruchac

male
writer, slovak, NativeAmerican, Abenaki, Dawn Land, Long Rive
Joseph Bruchac (1942-present) is a writer of books relating often to Native American lives and myths. He has published over 60 books, including...
Russell Means

Russell Means

male, 69 years old
leader, advisor, philanthropist, American Indian Leader, inspiration, Indian Leader…American, NativeAmerican
Russell Means (born November 10, 1939) is one of contemporary America's best-known and prolific activists for the rights of American Indians. Means...
Alice Walker

Alice Walker

female, 65 years old
author, poet, Feminist, African American, African-American, Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner…LGBT Native American, LGBT African American, American, NativeAmerican
Alice Malsenior Walker (born February 9, 1944) is an American author and feminist. She received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1983 for her...
Vanessa Hudgens

Vanessa Hudgens

female, 20 years old
High School Musical, singer, Neutrogena, Eurasian, pop singer, film actor…Filipino American, NativeAmerican, American
Vanessa Anne Hudgens (born December 14 1988 in Salinas, California) is an American actress and singer. She made her screen debut in 2003 and...
Benjamin West

Benjamin West

male, deceased (1820)
Swarthmore College, The Life and Studies of Benjamin West, John Wollaston, Autodidact, College of Philadelphia, Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts…NativeAmerican, american revolution, American, american war of independence
Benjamin West (October 10, 1738 - March 11, 1820) was an Anglo-American painter of historical scenes around and after the time of the American War...
Jim Thorpe

Jim Thorpe

male, deceased (1953)
NativeAmerican, baseball, death by myocardial infarction, Associated Press, Sac and Fox, Athlete at the 1912 Summer Olympics…American football executive, Native American sportspeople, American, American football, American football running back
Jacobus Franciscus "Jim" Thorpe (May 28 1888–March 28 1953) was an American athlete. Considered one of the most versatile athletes in modern sp...
Standing Bear

Standing Bear

male, deceased (1908)
from Nebraska, NativeAmerican, ponca, leader, U.S. District Court
Standing Bear (1834(?) - 1908) was a Ponca Native American chief who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in 1879 that Native Americans are...
Louise Erdrich

Louise Erdrich

female, 55 years old
North Dakota writer, children's books, From North Dakota, Children's literature, Short story writer, Minnesota writer…American, NativeAmerican, Native American Renaissance, Native American Authors Project
The earth was full of life and there were dandelions growing out the window, thick as thieves, already seeded, fat as big yellow plungers. She let...
John Trudell

John Trudell

male, 63 years old
musician, Sioux, author, American, actor, activist…NativeAmerican, Mexican American
John Trudell (born February 15, 1946 in Omaha, Nebraska) is an American author, a poet, musician and a former political activist.