Standing Bear

Standing Bear

male, deceased (1908)
Standing Bear (1834(?) - 1908) was a Ponca Native American chief who successfully argued in U.S. District Court in 1879 that Native Americans are...
Francis La Flesche

Francis La Flesche

male, deceased (1932)
Francis La Flesche (1857-1932) was the student and adopted son of anthropologist Alice Fletcher. A Native American of the Omaha tribe, he worked...

Thomas Tibbles

male, deceased (1928)
Thomas Henry Tibbles (1838-1928) was a journalist from Omaha, Nebraska who became an activist for Native American rights in the United States...
Joseph Laflesche

Joseph Laflesche

male
Joseph LaFlesche (ca 1820-1888), also known as E-sta-mah-za or Iron Eye, was the last recognized chief according to the old rituals of the Omaha...
Susette Laflesche Tibbles

Susette Laflesche Tibbles

female, deceased (1903)
Susette LaFlesche Tibbles (1854-1903) was a well-known Native American lecturer, writer, and artist from the Omaha tribe in Nebraska. She was of...
Old Lady Grieves The Enemy

Old Lady Grieves The Enemy

female
Old-Lady-Grieves-The-Enemy was a Pawnee woman who gained her name in the 19th century. Her village was attacked by the Ponca and Sioux, and the men...
Lou Clinton

Lou Clinton

male, deceased (1997)
Lou Clinton born Luciean Louis Clinton on October 13 1937 in Ponca City, Oklahoma. Lou Clinton was a Major League Baseball outfielder who batted...
Lydie Marland

Lydie Marland

female, deceased (1987)
Lydie Marland (April 201900-July 5 1987), American socialite, was born Lyde Miller Roberts in Flourtown, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, the...

Lillian Smith

female
Lillian Francis Smith was a young sharpshooter who joined Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show at the age of fifteen. She was billed as "the champion...