Wilma Mankiller

Wilma Mankiller

female, 63 years old
Wilma Pearl Mankiller (born November 18, 1945 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma) was the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Mankiller grew up with her...

Massasoit

male
Massasoit Sachem or Ousamequin (c.1581-1661), was the sachem, or leader, of the Pokanoket, and "Massasoit" of the Wampanoag Confederacy. The term...

Dee Brown

male, deceased (2002)
Dorris Alexander "Dee" Brown (February 29,1908---December 12, 2002) was an American novelist and historian. His most famous work is "Bury My Heart...
Maria Martinez

Maria Martinez

female, deceased (1980)
Maria Martinez was a Native American artist who created internationally known pottery. Martinez (born Maria Antonia Montoya), her husband Julian,...

Tongva

The Tongva are a Native American people who inhabited the area in and around Los Angeles, California before the arrival of Europeans. "Tongva"...
Burt Reynolds

Burt Reynolds

male, 73 years old
Burt Reynolds (born Burton Reynolds Jr. on February 11, 1936) is an Oscar-nominated Emmy Award-winning American actor. Some of his memorable roles...
Wes Studi

Wes Studi

male, 61 years old
Born in Nofire Hollow, Oklahoma, Studi was schooled on a reservation. Until he attended grade school, he spoke only Cherokee. In 1967, he was...
R. C. Gorman

R. C. Gorman

male, deceased (2005)
Rudolph Carl Gorman (July 26 1931 - November 3 2005) was a Native American artist of the Navajo nation. Referred to as "the Picasso of American...

Squanto

male, deceased (1622)
Tisquantum (better known as Squanto) (c. 1580s - November 1622) was one of two Native American Indians (Samoset being the other) that assisted the...