- Ward Churchill
Ward Churchill is a professor at the University of Colorado who has accumulated much press because of a scheduled appearance thankfully canceled at New York's Hamilton College. After discovering that he had written an essay whose title, Some People Push Back On the Justice of Roosting Chickens was a combination of Malcolm X's remark when asked by reporters for a comment on the assassination of John F. Kennedy , "... - Daniel Boone
Daniel Boone (October 22, 1734 - September 26, 1820) was an American pioneer and hunter whose frontier exploits made him one of the first folk heroes of the United States. Boone is most famous for his exploration and settlement of what is now the U.S. state of Kentucky, which was then beyond the western borders of the Thirteen Colonies. Despite resistance from American Indians, for whom Kentucky was a traditional hunting ground, … - William Henry Harrison
William Henry Harrison was an American military leader, politician, and the ninth President of the United States. He served as the first Governor of the Indiana Territory and later as a U.S. Representative and Senator from Ohio. Harrison first gained national fame for leading U.S forces against American Indians at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811 and earning the nickname "Tippecanoe" (or "Old Tippecanoe"). As a general in the subsequent War of 1812, … - Anna Mae Aquash
Anna Mae Aquash (also Anna Mae Pictou Aquash or Anna Mae Pictou; first name also spelled Annie Mae; Mi'kmaq name Naguset Eask) (b. in a small Indian village near Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, Canada, March 27, 1945; d. mid-December 1975) was a Mi'kmaq activist from Nova Scotia, Canada who became one of the most active and prominent female members of the American Indian Movement (AIM) during the early 1970s. - Peter Matthiessen
Peter Matthiessen (born May 221927 in New York City) is an American naturalist and author of historical fiction and non-fiction. Matthiessen's work is known for its meticulous approach to research. He frequently focuses on American Indian issues and history, as in his detailed study of the Leonard Peltier case, "In the Spirit of Crazy Horse". Along with George Plimpton, Harold Humes, Thomas Guinzburg and Donald Hall, … - W. Richard West Jr.
W. Richard West, Jr. (b. San Bernardino, California, January 6, 1943) is the founding and current director of the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian. He is also a citizen of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma and a Peace Chief of the Southern Cheyenne. West has devoted his professional life and much of his personal life to working with American Indians on cultural, educational, legal and governmental issues. - Handsome Lake
Handsome Lake or Ganioda'yo (1735 - 10 August 1815) was a Seneca religious leader of the Iroquois people. He was also half-brother to Cornplanter. Before his emergence as a prophet, Handsome Lake fought in Pontiac's Rebellion (against the British) and the American Revolutionary War (against the Americans). After struggling with alcoholism and an apparently near-fatal illness in 1799, … - Chief Pontiac
Pontiac or Obwandiyag, was an Ottawa leader who became famous for his role in Pontiac's Rebellion (1763–1766), an American Indian struggle against the British military occupation of the Great Lakes region following the British victory in the French and Indian War. Historians disagree about Pontiac's importance in the war that bears his name. Nineteenth century accounts portrayed him as the mastermind and leader of the revolt, … - Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz
Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz is an American professor of ethnic studies, radical leftist, feminist activist, and writer. In the 1960s and 1970s, she was active in the anti-Vietnam War and radical left movements and worked closely with the SDS, the Weather Underground, and the African National Congress. She was also very active in the women's rights movement, and from 1968–1970 was the leading figure in the radical feminist group, Cell 16. Dunbar-Ortiz was born in San Antonio, … - Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate
Jerod Impichchaachaaha' Tate is an American composer and pianist. A citizen of the Chickasaw Nation, he is one of only a handful of American Indian classical composers, and his compositions show the influence of American Indian history and culture, though filtered through a modern lens, in the manner of the works of Béla Bartók. - Arthur C. Parker
Arthur Caswell Parker was an archaeologist, historian, folklorist, museologist and noted authority on American Indian culture. He was director of the Rochester Museum of Arts and Sciences from 1924 to 1945, and an honorary trustee of the New York State Historical Association. - Blue Jacket
Blue Jacket or Weyapiersenwah (c. 1743 - c. 1810) was a war chief of the Shawnee people, known for his militant defense of Shawnee lands in the Ohio Country. Perhaps the preeminent American Indian leader in the Northwest Indian War, in which a pan-tribal confederacy fought several battles with the nascent United States, he was an important predecessor of the famous Shawnee leader Tecumseh. - Cornstalk
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 in his own language meant "blade of corn", and was rendered in innumerable variations by contemporary chroniclers, including Colesqua and Keigh-tugh-qua. Cornstalk's murder by American militiamen during the American Revolutionary War outraged American Indians and whites alike, … - Charles Curtis
Charles Curtis was a Representative and a Senator from Kansas as well as the thirty-first Vice President of the United States. Nearly half of Curtis' background was made up of American Indian stock. His mother was one-fourth Kaw, one-fourth Osage, and one-fourth Pottawatomie (as well as one-fourth French). Curtis spent part of his early life on a Kaw reservation, … - Ernest Thompson Seton
Ernest Thompson Seton (August 14 1860 - October 23 1946) was an Anglo-Canadian (and naturalized U.S. citizen) who became a noted author, wildlife artist, founder of the Woodcraft Indians, and founding pioneer of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA). Seton also heavily influenced Lord Baden-Powell, the founder of Scouting. His notable books related to Scouting include "The Birch Bark Roll" and "The Boy Scout Handbook". - Felix S. Cohen
Felix Solomon Cohen (1907-1953) was a lawyer and legal scholar who developed an interest and expertise in law concerning natural resources, statehood and economic development for American territories, Indian affairs, and immigration and minority problems. Felix S. Cohen was born in Manhattan, New York in 1907 and grew up in Yonkers. Cohen attended the City College of New York, and received an M.A. and Ph.D. in philosophy from Harvard University in 1927 and 1929, … - William Henry Jackson
William Henry Jackson (April 41843 - June 301942) was an American painter, photographer and explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of America's national symbol Uncle Sam. - Julian
Julián Ríos or Julián Ruíz, commonly known by the aliases Julian, Julian Andretti or Jordan Rivers, (born October 12, 1970 in West Covina, California) is a male pornographic actor. He was raised in Everett, Washington. Julián Ríos entered the world of adult films at the age of 25, after serving as a Marine in the Gulf War and working as a personal trainer. - John Neihardt
Johnathan (John) Gneisenau Neihardt was an American author of poetry and prose, an amateur historian and ethnographer, and a philosopher of the Great Plains. Born at the end of the American settlement of the Plains, his attention was nevertheless drawn to the experiences and memories of those who had been a part of the European migration as well as the American Indian cultures they displaced. He travelled down the Missouri River by open boat, visited with old trappers, … - James Abourezk
James Abourezk served as the U.S. Congressman and Senator from South Dakota from 1973-1979. His memoir, Advise & Dissent: Memoirs of South Dakota and the U.S. Senate, was published in 1989. Abourezk founded the Arab- American Anti-Discrimination Committee, and he is a signer of the Call from World Cant Wait-Drive Out the Bush Regime which is holding protests in over 150 cities on October 5, 2006. - Dragging Canoe
Dragging Canoe (c. 1738 - March 1, 1792) was an American Indian war leader who led a dissident band of young Cherokees against the United States in the American Revolutionary War. Son of Attakullakulla ("Little Carpenter" in English), who was part Shawnee, and a mother who was a Natchez living in a town of refugees from that tribes who had settled among the Overhill Towns on the Little Tennessee River, he contracted smallpox at a young age, which left his face pock-marked. - Michael Franti
Michael Franti (born April 21, 1966, in Oakland, California) is an American poet, musician, and composer of African, American Indian, Italian, and German descent. Franti is the creator and driving force behind Michael Franti & Spearhead, a band that blends hip hop with a variety of other styles including funk, reggae, jazz, folk, and rock. He is also an outspoken supporter for a wide spectrum of peace and social justice issues. - Louis Sockalexis
Louis Francis "Chief" Sockalexis (October 24, 1871-December 24, 1913), nicknamed "The Deerfoot of the Diamond", was an American baseball player. Sockalexis played professional baseball in the National League for three seasons; and, he spent his entire career (1897-1899) as an outfielder for the Cleveland Spiders. A Native American from the Penobscot tribe, Sockalexis is often identified as the first person of Native American ancestry to play major league baseball. - Bizzy Bone
Bizzy Bone (born Bryan Anthony McCane II on September 12, 1976, in Columbus, Ohio) is an American rapper and former member of the Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. He is probably most known for his diverse vocal delivery, ranging from a soft, high-pitched tenor to a more rugged-sounding, deeper tone. He is also highly regarded for his exceptionally fast flow. His next Major album is entitled A Song For You, … - Harold Courlander
Harold Courlander (September 18, 1908 - March 15, 1996), noted novelist, folklorist, and anthropologist, was recognized as one of the world's leading experts in the study of Haitian life. The author of 35 books and plays and numerous scholarly articles, Courlander specialized in the study of African, Caribbean, Afro-American (U.S.), and American Indian cultures. He took a special interest in oral literature, cults, and Afro-American cultural connections with Africa. - Royce C. Lamberth
Royce C. Lamberth is a judge in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. Lamberth was born in 1943 in San Antonio, Texas. He graduated from the University of Texas and from the University of Texas School of Law, receiving an LL.B. in 1967. He served as a Captain in the Judge Advocate General’s Corps of the United States Army from 1968 to 1974, including one year in Vietnam. - Brent Michael Davids
Brent Michael Davids (b. Madison, Wisconsin, United States, June 4, 1959) is an American composer and flutist. He is a member of the Stockbridge Mohican nation of American Indians. He has composed for Zeitgeist, the Kronos Quartet, Joffrey Ballet, the National Symphony Orchestra, and Chanticleer. He holds a B.M. degree in music composition from Northern Illinois University (1981) and an M.M. in music composition from Arizona State University (1990), … - Chief Logan
Chief Logan (c. 1725-1780) was a Mingo American Indian leader in the era before the American Revolutionary War, whose revenge for the brutal killing of his family members by American frontiersmen helped spark the 1774 conflict known as Dunmore's War. Logan became famous for a speech, later known as "Logan's Lament", which he supposedly delivered after the war. Important details about Logan have been disputed by scholars, … - Richard Butler
Richard Butler was an officer in the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War who later died fighting American Indians in Ohio. Born in St. Bridget's Parish, Dublin, Ireland, he was the oldest son of Thomas and Eleanor (Parker) Butler. Thomas Butler was an Irish aristocrat who served in the British army and apparently had some issue with it. In 1748, he opened a gunshop in Dublin and then abruptly that same year the family moved to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, … - William Crawford
William Crawford was an American soldier and surveyor who worked as a western land agent for George Washington. Crawford fought in the French and Indian War and the American Revolutionary War. He was tortured and burnt at the stake by American Indians in a notorious incident near the end of the American Revolution. - Ritchie Valens
Richard Steven Valenzuela (May 13 1941 - February 3 1959), better known as Ritchie Valens, was a pioneer of rock and roll and was a Mexican-American with Yaqui American Indian roots born in the Pacoima district of Los Angeles . - John Davidson
John Davidson (full name John Wynn Davidson and nicknamed "Black Jack") (August 14, 1825 - June 26, 1881) was a Major General of the U.S. Army and an American Indian fighter. He was born in Fairfax County, Virginia. - Sacheen Littlefeather
Sacheen Littlefeather (born Maria Cruz on 30 January 1947) Salinas, California, USA is an activist who donned Apache dress and rejected the Oscar on behalf of actor Marlon Brando in a prepared statement at the Academy Awards on March 27, 1973. Marlon Brando became involved with the American Indian Movement in the early 1970s. - Esther Martinez
Esther Martinez (1912 - September 16, 2006) was a linguist and storyteller for the Tewa people of the U.S. states of Arizona and New Mexico. Martinez was given the American Indian name P'oe Tswa (meaning Blue Water) and was also known by various affctionate nicknames, including "Ko'oe Esther" and "Aunt Esther". Martinez was raised, mostly by her grandparents, in northern New Mexico. - Tonantzin Carmelo
Tonantzín Carmelo is an American actress. A California Mission Indian (Gabrielino and Mexica) who counts herself a descendant of the original residents of Los Angeles, grew up performing in an American Indian dance troupe led by her mother, Virginia Carmelo. Branching out into acting during college, she has since appeared in theater productions and independent films. A graduate of UC Irvine. Her acclaimed stage roles include Anita in Exmagare, … - Susan La Flesche Picotte
Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte (June 17, 1865 - September 18,1915) was the first person to receive federal aid for education and the first American Indian woman to become a physician in the United States. Susan La Flesche was born to Chief Joseph La Flesche (Iron Eye) and his wife, Mary (One Woman) on the Omaha Reservation in northeastern Nebraska. The Native American activists Susette LaFlesche Tibbles and Francis LaFlesche are her siblings. - Rodney A. Grant
Rodney A. Grant (born March 9, 1959 on the Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota) is an American Indian actor from Macy, Nebraska. He is best known for his role as "Wind in His Hair" in the 1990 film Dances with Wolves. He has also appeared in other films such as John Carpenter's Ghost of Mars, Wild Wild West, Geronimo: An American Legend, White Wolves III, The Killing Ground, The Substitute, War Party, and Pow Wow Highway. - Bernie Whitebear
Bernie Whitebear, birth name Bernard Reyes, was an American Indian activist, a founder of the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB), the United Indians of All Tribes Foundation, and the Daybreak Star Cultural Center. - David Watson
David Watson is an American anarchist author and a primary contributor to the anti-authoritarian magazine "Fifth Estate", published in Liberty, Tennessee and in Detroit, Michigan. Watson's philosophy is a mixture of green anarchism and communitarian anarchism and is highly influenced by American Indian mysticism and also surrealism. - Pratap Chatterjee
Pratap Chatterjee (b. Birmingham, United Kingdom) is an Indian/Sri Lankan investigative journalist and progressive author. He is a British citizen and was raised in India, although he now lives in California. He serves as the executive director of CorpWatch, an Oakland-based anti-globalization and corporate accountability organization. He was a member of the board of the Asian Pacific Environmental Network from 2001 to 2005, …
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