Hiawatha

Hiawatha

509 years old
Hiawatha who lived (depending on the version of the story) in the 1100s, 1400s, or 1500s, was variously a leader of the Onondaga and Mohawk nations...
Oren Lyons

Oren Lyons

male, 79 years old
Oren Lyons (b.1930) Oren R. Lyons is a traditional Faithkeeper and chief of the Turtle Clan and a proud and accomplished Native American who works...

John Barnwell

male, deceased (1724)
John Barnwell (1671-1724) was a native of Ireland who emigrated to colonial South Carolina in 1701. By the time the Tuscarora War began in 1711 he...
Samuel Kirkland

Samuel Kirkland

male, deceased (1808)
Rev. Samuel Kirkland was a Presbyterian missionary among the Oneida and Tuscarora people in North America. He was the founder (in 1793) of the...
Marianne Mithun

Marianne Mithun

female, 63 years old
Marianne Mithun (1946-) is a leading scholar of American Indian languages and language typology. She began her career with extensive fieldwork on...
William Hawkins

William Hawkins

male, deceased (1819)
William Hawkins (10 October 1777 - 17 May 1819) was the Democratic-Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1811 to 1814....
Maria de Alvear

Maria de Alvear

female, 49 years old
Maria de Alvear (born 1960 in Madrid, Spain) is a Spanish-German composer living in Germany. Her music is highly unusual, especially for a European...

Daniel Greathouse

male, deceased (1775)
Daniel Greathouse (c. 1752 to 1775) was a settler in colonial Virginia. His role in the 1774 Yellow Creek Massacre in 1774 was instrumental in...
Oronhyatekha

Oronhyatekha

male, deceased (1907)
Oronhyatekha (10 August, 1841 - 3 March, 1907), ("Burning Sky" in the Mohawk language, also carried the baptismal name Peter Martin), was a Mohawk...

Jana

female, 29 years old
Jana Mashonee (better known by her stage name, Jana) is a GRAMMY Award nominated singer, songwriter and actress. She is Lumbee and Tuscarora,...