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…Ojibwa
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...
Leonard Peltier

Leonard Peltier

male, 65 years old
convicted of murder, American, amnesty international, From North Dakota, Ojibwa, COINTELPRO targets
Leonard Peltier is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement. In 1977 he was convicted and sentenced to two consecutive...
Ted Nolan

Ted Nolan

male, 51 years old
New York Islanders coach, athletic, From Ontario, ice hockey, Detroit Red Wings player, Buffalo Sabres…Ojibwa
Ted Nolan (Born - April 7, 1958, on the Garden River Ojibwa First Nation Reserve outside of Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada) is the Head Coach of...
Norval Morrisseau

Norval Morrisseau

male, 77 years old
Member of the Order of Canada, artist, Canadian, Spirituality, Aboriginal peoples in Canada, Ojibwa
Norval Morrisseau, also known as Copper Thunderbird, is an Aboriginal Canadian artist. In his works he depicted the legends of his people, the...
Winona Laduke

Winona Laduke

female, 50 years old
Harvard University alumni, From Ashland, Oregon, American women writer, US Green Party politician, actor, American…Ojibwa
Winona LaDuke , 37 years old, lives on the White Earth Chippewa Reservation in Northern Minnesota with her two children. LaDuke began working on...
George Copway

George Copway

male, deceased (1869)
Methodism, writer, english woman, Native American, missionary, First Nations writer…Ojibwa
George Copway (1818 - January 1869) was a Mississauga Ojibwa writer, lecturer, and advocate of Native Americans. His Ojibwa name was...
Alexander Henry

Alexander Henry

male, deceased (1824)
CCGS Alexander Henry, pontiac, Native American, Fur trade, Fur trader, American captivity narrative…Ojibwa
Alexander Henry (August 1739-April 4, 1824) was a fur trader and entrepreneur. Born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in what was then British North...
Gerald Vizenor

Gerald Vizenor

male, 75 years old
Swedish-American, Gerald Robert Vizenor, White Earth Reservation, University of California, Berkeley, American Studies, Ojibwa
Gerald Robert Vizenor (born 1934) is a Native American (Anishinaabe) writer, and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth...

Lawrence

male
Anishinaabe individuals, COINTELPRO target, Native American, Ottawa Indian, Ojibwa Indian, Most Wanted List…Ojibwa
Lawrence (Pun) Plamondon was a 1960s left-wing activist who was one of the founders of the White Panther Party. He was the first hippie to be...

John Tanner

male, deceased (1846)
Michilimackinac, Ojibwa, shawnee, Fur trader, American Fur Company, rainy lake
John Tanner ("c." 1780 - d. in or after 1846) was the son of the Rev. John Tanner of Virginia. He was born in 1780 and his family moved to the...