Chief Joseph

Chief Joseph

male, deceased (1904)
Chief Joseph (1840-September 21, 1904) was the chief of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce Indians during General Oliver O. Howard's...

Pocatello

male, deceased (1884)
Chief Pocatello (1815-October 1884) was a leader of Shoshoni, a Native American people in western North America. He led attacks against early...
Lame Deer

Lame Deer

male, deceased (1976)
Lame Deer, (in Lakota "Tahca Ushte"; 1900 or 1903-1976, sources differ), also known as John Fire, John (Fire) Lame Deer and later The Old Man, was...
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...
Handsome Lake

Handsome Lake

male, deceased (1815)
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....

Curley

male, deceased (1923)
Curley (or Curly), is the English name for Ashishishe (var. spellings) (1856? - 1923), a Native American of the Crow tribe. Ashishishe was born in...
Chief Tenaya

Chief Tenaya

male
Chief Tenaya (died 1853) was a Native American chief of the Yosemite Valley people in California. Tenaya's father was the chief of the Ahwahneechee...
Ben Reifel

Ben Reifel

male
Dr. Benjamin "Ben" Reifel (September 19, 1906 - January 2, 1990), a Lakota Sioux and a Republican United States Congressman from the First District...

Richard Twiss

male, 55 years old
Richard Twiss (b. June 1954 Rosebud Lakota/Sioux Reservation in South Dakota) is an American minister and author. He is a member of the Rosebud...
Edward T. Hall

Edward T. Hall

male, 95 years old
Edward T. Hall (born May 16 1914) is a respected anthropologist and cross-cultural researcher. Born in Webster Groves, Missouri, Hall has taught at...