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Louise Abeita (E-Yeh-Shure', Blue Corn) (born 1926), Isleta Pueblo author (A)
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Alberta Schenck Adams (1928–2009), Iñupiaq civil rights activist (A)
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Rebecca Adamson (born 1950), Cherokee businessperson and advocate (A)
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Aguilar sisters, Kewa Pueblo potters (A)
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Tahnee Ahtoneharjo-Growingthunder, Kiowa/Muscogee/Seminole curator, museum professional, beadwork artist, textile artist (A)
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Ai (born 1947), self-identified Choctaw, Chickasaw, Southern Cheyenne, and Comanche-descent poet (A)
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Elsie Allen, Cloverdale Pomo basket weaver (A)
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Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008), Laguna Pueblo-Sioux-Lebanese poet, activist, literary critic, and novelist (A)
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Tammie Allen (Walking Spirit), Jicarilla Apache, potter (A)
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Queen Alliquippa (died 1754), Seneca Nation leader (A)
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Princess Angeline (Suquamish-Duwamish, ca. 1820–1896), daughter of Chief Seattle (A)
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Queen Ann (ca. 1650–ca. 1725), chief of the Pamunkey tribe (A)
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Annie Antone, Tohono O'odham basketweaver (A)
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Annette Arkeketa, Otoe-Missouria poet, playwright (A)
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Anna Mae Pictou Aquash (1945–1976), Mi'qmaq Indians rights activist (A)
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Awashonks (fl. mid- to late 17th c.), chief of the Sakonett tribe (A)
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Annette Arkeketa, Otoe-Missouria-Muscogee Creek writer (A)
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Marilou Awiakta (born 1936), Eastern Band Cherokee author (A)
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Margarete Bagshaw (Santa Clara Pueblo-descent, born 1964), painter and gallerist (B)
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Natalie Ball, Klamath/Modoc, born 1980, interdisciplinary artist (B)
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Betty Louise Bell (born 1949), Cherokee-descent author (B)
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Diane E. Benson (born 1954), Tlingit author (B)
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Mary Knight Benson, Pomo basket eaver (B)
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Martha Berry, Cherokee Nation bead artist and educator (B)
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Carrie Bethel, Mono Lake Paiute basketweaver, 1898–1974 (B)
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Black Buffalo Woman, first wife of Crazy Horse (B)
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Black Shawl (Lakota, died 1920), second wife of Crazy Horse (B)
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Kimberley M. Blaeser (born 1955), White Earth Ojibwe writer (B)
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Blue Corn (ca. 1920–1999), San Ildefonso Pueblo potter (B)
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Rita Pitka Blumenstein (born 1936), Yup'ik traditional healer, founding member of the International Council of Thirteen Indigenous Grandmothers (B)
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Gloria Bird, Spokane Tribe of the Spokane Reservation poet and critic (B)
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Bowdash, Kootenai two-spirit warrior (B)
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Beth Brant (born 1941), Bay of Quinte Mohawk (B)
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Mary Brant, Mohawk leader (B)
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Mary Brave Bird (1953–2013), Brulé Lakota writer and activist (B)
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Bras Piqué, Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them (B)
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Ignatia Broker (1919–1987), Ojibwa writer (B)
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Ticasuk Brown (1904-1982), Iñupiaq educator, poet and writer (B)
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Vee F. Browne, Navajo author (B)
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Buffalo Bird Woman, Hidatsa author (B)
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Buffalo Calf Road Woman, Cheyenne cultural hero (B)
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Olivia Ward Bush-Banks (1869 – 1944) American author, poet and journalist of African-American and Montaukett Native American descent (B)
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Sophia Alice Callahan (1868-1894) Muscogee novelist and teacher (C)
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Caroline Cannon, Iñupiaq environmental activist, 2012 Goldman Environmental Prize winner, mayor of Point Hope, Alaska 1998–2001 (C)
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Gladys Cardiff (born 1942), poet and academic of Eastern Band Cherokee descent (C)
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Poldine Carlo (born 1920), Koyukon activist and writer (C)
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Kathleen Carlo-Kendall, Koyukon artist, daughter of Poldine Carlo (C)
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Tonantzin Carmelo, Tongva-Kumeyaay-descent actress (C)
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Lorna Dee Cervantes (born 1954), Chicana-Chumash-descent (C)
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Nellie Charlie (1867–1965) Mono Lake Paiute basketweaver (C)
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Marie Z. Chino, Acoma Pueblo potter (C)
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Vera Chino, Acoma Pueblo potter (C)
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Chipeta (1843/4–1924), Kiowa Apache, beadwork artist and wife of Chief Ouray (C)
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Yvonne Chouteau (1929–2016), Shawnee Tribe ballerina (C)
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Kelly Church, Gun Lake Potawatomi/Odawa/Ojibwe basket maker, birch bark biter, painter, and environmental activist (C)
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Chrystos (born 1946), Menominee-descent two-spirit poet (C)
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Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), Chairwoman of the Fort Sill Apache Tribe of Oklahoma (C)
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Elouise Cobell (Blackfeet), Executive Director of the Native American Community Development Corporation (C)
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Radmilla Cody (Navajo), Navajo language singer, 46th Miss Navajo Nation (C)
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Colestah, Yakama wife of Chief Kamiakin (C)
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Lyda Conley (Wyandot, 1874–1946), first Native American female attorney, and first Native American woman admitted to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court. Wyandot Nation activist and attorney (C)
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Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Crow Creek Sioux poet and novelist (C)
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Hilda Coriz, Kewa Pueblo potter (C)
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Cuhtahlatah, 18th-century Cherokee heroine (C)
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Dahteste, Apache fighter and compatriot to Geronimo (D)
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Carrie Dann, Western Shoshone activist (D)
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Mary Dann (died 2005), Western Shoshone activist (D)
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Nora Marks Dauenhauer (born 1927), Tlingit poet and ethnolinguist (D)
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Alice Brown Davis (1852–1935), Principal Chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma (D)
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Jenny L. Davis, Chickasaw author, linguist, and anthropologist (D)
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Angel De Cora, Ho-Chunk artist and lecturer (D)
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Ada Deer, Menominee author, activist, and the first Native American woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs (D)
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Susan Deer Cloud, Mohawk-Seneca-Blackfeet author (D)
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Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971), Yankton Sioux educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist (D)
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Natalie Diaz (born 1978), Mojave American poet, language activist, former professional basketball player, and educator (D)
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Grace L. Dillon, Anishinaabe academic and author (D)
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Mavis Doering, Cherokee Nation (1929–2007) basket weaver (D)
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Do-Hum-Me, Sac entertainer (D)
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Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Brulé Lakota writer and educator (D)
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Juanita Suazo Dubray, Taos Pueblo potter (D)
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Joyce Dugan, first female elected chief of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (D)
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Eagle of Delight (died 1822), Otoe tribe emissary (E)
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Chief Earth Woman, Ojibwa warrior (E)
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Ehyophsta, Cheyenne warrior (E)
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Heid E. Erdrich (born 1963), Ojibwe (Turtle Mountain Band) writer and editor of poetry, short stories, and nonfiction, and maker of poem films. (E)
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Louise Erdrich (born 1954), Turtle Mountain Ojibwe writer (E)
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Corine Fairbanks, Oglala Lakota author and activist (F)
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Larissa FastHorse, Sicangu Lakota playwright and choreographer (F)
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Fidelia Fielding (1827–1908), last native speaker of the Mohegan Pequot language (F)
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Cecilia Fire Thunder (born 1946), former president of the Oglala Sioux in South Dakota (F)
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Te Ata Fisher (1895–1995), Chickasaw Nation storyteller and actress (F)
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Elaine Fleming, Ojibwa mayor of Cass Lake, Minnesota (F)
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Jennifer Foerster, Muscogee poet (F)
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L. Frank, Tongva-Ajachmen Indian artist, tribal scholar, and activist (F)
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Kalyn Free, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma lawyer and activist (F)
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Martha George (1892–1987), Suquamish tribal chairman (G)
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Diane Glancy, author, poet, and playwright of Cherokee descent (G)
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Glory of the Morning (born 1709), Ho-Chunk chief (G)
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Rose Gonzales (ca. 1900–1989), Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo potter (G)
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Shan Goshorn (1957–2018), visual artist (G)
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Katherine Gottlieb (born ca. 1952), Alutiiq health care executive and 2004 MacArthur Fellow (G)
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Janice Gould, Koyangk'auwi Maidu writer (G)
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Gouyen, Apache warrior (G)
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Dorothy Grant, Alaska-born Haida fashion designer active in Canada (G)
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Teri Greeves, Kiowa-Comanche bead worker (G)
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Linda LeGarde Grover, Anishinaabe (Bois Forte Band) novelist and short story writer (G)
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Juanita Growing Thunder Fogarty, Assiniboine-Sioux bead worker and quill worker (G)
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Margaret Gutierrez, Santa Clara Pueblo potter (G)
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Janet Campbell Hale, Coeur d'Alene-Kootenay-Cree-Irish writer (H)
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Hanging Cloud, Ojibwa warrior (H)
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Charlotte Hallmark, chief of the Echota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama (H)
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Helen Hardin, Tsa-Sah-Wee-Eh (1934–1984), Santa Clara Pueblo painter (H)
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Joy Harjo, Muscogee Creek-Cherokee poet, lecturer, and musician (H)
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Suzan Shown Harjo, Muscogee Creek-Southern Cheyenne activist (H)
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LaDonna Harris, Comanche president of Americans for Indian Opportunity (H)
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Ernestine Hayes (born 1945), Tlingit memoirist (H)
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Allison Hedge Coke, Huron-Cherokee poet, writer, educator, activist (H)
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Robbie Hedges, first elected woman chief of the Peoria tribe (H)
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Rosella Hightower, Choctaw-Shawnee Tribe, born 1920, ballerina (H)
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Joan Hill (Chea-Se-Quah), Muscogee (Creek) Nation-Cherokee painter (H)
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Linda Hogan (born 1947), Chickasaw poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories. (H)
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Minnie Hollow Wood, Lakota woman who fought at the Battle of Little Big Horn (H)
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Hononegah (ca. 1814–1847), Ho-Chunk pioneer (H)
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LeAnne Howe, Choctaw writer (H)
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Diane Humetewa, Hopi federal judge (H)
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Pamela Rae Huteson (born 1957), Haida / Tlingit artist, disc jockey and writer (H)
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Debora Iyall (born 1954), Cowlitz-descent singer and printmaker (I)
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Sarah James (born 1946), Gwich'in environmental activist, 2002 Goldman Environmental Prize winner (J)
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Jana (born 1980), Lumbee-Tuscarora-descent singer (J)
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Viola Jimulla (1878–1966), Yavapai, chief of the Prescott Yavapai tribe (J)
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Betty Mae Tiger Jumper, also known as Potackee (1923-2011), Chairwoman, Florida Seminole Tribe (1967-1971), last matriarch of Snake Clan. (J)
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Marie Smith Jones (1918–2008), Eyak activist and honorary chief, last known living speaker of the Eyak language (J)
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Juana Maria (died 1853), last member of the Nicoleño tribe (J)
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Yvonne Kauger (born 1937), Cheyenne-Arapaho Oklahoma Supreme Court justice (K)
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Geraldine Keams (born 1951), Navajo Nation actress (K)
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Adrienne Keene (born 1985), Cherokee academic, writer, activist, and podcaster (K)
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Maude Kegg (1906–1996), Ojibwa bead worker and traditionalist (K)
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Louisa Keyser Dat So La Lee (ca. 1829–1925), Washoe basket weaver (K)
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Loretta Kelsey, last living speaker of Elem Pomo (K)
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Edith Kilbuck, Lenape missionary (K)
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Mary Killman, Citizen Potawatomi Nation Olympic synchronized swimmer, b. 1991 (K)
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Kuiliy, Pend d'Oreille warrior (K)
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Madeline La Framboise (1740–1846), Odawa fur trader (L)
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Winona LaDuke (born 1959), White Earth Ojibwe activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer (L)
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Carole LaFavor, two-spirit Ojibwa novelist and activist (L)
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Naomi Lang (born 1978), Karuk figure skater and ice dancer (L)
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Moscelyne Larkin (born 1925), Peoria-Shawnee ballerina (L)
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Sally Larsen (born 1954), Apache-Aleut photographer (L)
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Sharmagne Leland-St. John, Nespelem poet (L)
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Kelsey Leonard, (Shinnecock Indian Nation) first Native American woman to earn a degree from the University of Oxford (L)
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Edmonia Lewis (ca. 1845–ca. 1911), African-Mississauga Ojibwe sculptor (L)
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Lucy M. Lewis (1898–1992), Acoma Pueblo potter (L)
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Sacheen Littlefeather (born 1947), White Mountain Apache-Yaqui-Pueblo actress and activist (L)
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Linda Lomahaftewa, Hopi-Choctaw painter, printmaker, and educator (L)
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Lozen, Apache warrior, spiritual leader, and compatriot to Geronimo (L)
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Merina Lujan (Pop Chalee), Taos Pueblo painter (L)
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Wilma Mankiller (1945–2010), first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation (M)
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Maria Martinez (1887–1980), San Ildefonso Pueblo potter (M)
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Barbara McAlister, Cherokee Nation opera singer and artist (M)
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Mabel McKay, Pomo/Patwin (1907–1993) basket maker, medicine woman (M)
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Doris McLemore (Wichita tribe, 1927–2016), last fluent speaker of the Wichita language (M)
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Isabel Meadows (1846–1939), Rumsen Ohlone language consultant and last speaker of the Rumsen language (M)
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Grace Medicine Flower, Santa Clara Pueblo ceramic artist (M)
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Melissa Melero-Moose (Northern Paiute/Modoc) mixed-media artist, curator (M)
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Methoataske, mother of Tecumseh and Tenskwatawa (Shawnee) (M)
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Elaine Miles (born 1960), Cayuse-Nez Perce actress (M)
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Devon A. Mihesuah, Choctaw writer (M)
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Deborah A. Miranda, Esselen/Chumash-French poet (M)
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Katrina Mitten, Miami Tribe of Oklahoma beadwork artist (M)
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Catherine Montour (1710–1804), Seneca leader (M)
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Mountain Wolf Woman (1884–1960), Ho-Chunk Native American Church member (M)
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Moving Robe Woman, Hunkpapa Lakota fighter in the Battle of Little Bighorn (M)
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Mary Musgrove, Muscogee Creek interpreter, trader, and political leader (M)
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Helen Naha, Hopi aka "Feather Woman" potter (N)
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Nampeyo, "Hano Nampeyo", (ca. 1859–1942) Hopi-Tewa potter (N)
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Elva Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa potter (N)
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Fannie Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa potter (N)
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Iris Nampeyo, Hopi-Tewa potter (N)
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Dextra Nampeyo Quotskuyva, Hopi-Tewa (daughter of Rachel) potter (N)
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Nora Naranjo-Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo potter (N)
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Sally Noble (Chimariko), last speaker of the Chimariko language (N)
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Roscinda Nolasquez (Cupeño, 1892–1987), last known speaker of the Cupeño language (N)
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Hannah Ocuish (died 1786), executed Pequot (O)
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Dora Old Elk (born 1977), Apsáalooke/Sioux artist (O)
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Old-Lady-Grieves-The-Enemy, Pawnee warrior (O)
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Diane O'Leary, Comanche, 1939–2013, artist, nurse (O)
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One Who Walks With the Stars, Oglala Lakota warrior in the Battle of Little Bighorn (O)
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LaRue Parker (1935–2011), Caddo Nation chairperson (P)
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Deborah Parker (born 1970), activist and former vice-chair of the Tulalip tribes (P)
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Essie Parrish, Kashaya Pomo basketweaver, 1902–1979 (P)
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Elise Paschen, Osage Nation poet (P)
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Lotsee Patterson, Comanche librarian and professor (P)
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Tillie Paul (1863–1952), Tlingit educator and Presbyterian Church activist (P)
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Elizabeth Peratrovich (1911–1958), Tlingit civil rights activist (P)
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Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), Omaha/Ponca/Iowa, first female Native American physician (P)
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Lori Piestewa (1979–2003), Hopi soldier killed in Iraq (P)
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Pine Leaf, Crow warrior (P)
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Pocahontas (1595–1617), Powhatan diplomat, wife of John Rolfe, rescued Captain John Smith from his execution (P)
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Pretty-Shield, Crow Nation medicine woman and autobiographer (P)
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Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (born 1940), Flathead nation artist (Q)
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Rattling Blanket Woman (Miniconjou), mother of Crazy Horse (R)
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Delphine Red Shirt, Oglala writer and chair of Nongovernmental Organization Committee on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations (R)
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Martha Redbone, Choctaw-Shawnee-descent musician (R)
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Jeri Redcorn, Caddo-Potawatomi (born ca. 1940), potter (R)
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Red Wing (1884–1974), Winnebago silent film actress (R)
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Luana Reyes, Confederated Colville Tribes (Sinixt) health activist and educator, 1933–2001 (R)
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G. Anne Richardson, chief of the Rappahannock tribe (R)
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Toby Riddle (1848–1920), Modoc interpreter and diplomat (R)
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Joanelle Romero (born 1957) Cheyenne-Apache, actress, filmmaker (R)
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Luana Ross, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes sociologist and author (R)
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Wendy Rose (born 1948), Hopi-Miwok anthropologist and writer (R)
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Running Eagle, Blackfoot war chief (R)
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Sacagawea (ca. 1787–1812), Shoshone guide for the Lewis and Clark Expedition, wife of Toussaint Charbonneau (S)
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Brenda Schad (born 1968), Cherokee-Choctaw-descent model (S)
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Shoni Schimmel (born 1992), Umatilla basketball player (S)
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Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (1800–1842), Sault Ste. Marie Ojibwe writer (S)
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Anfesia Shapsnikoff (1901–1973), Aleut artist and educator (S)
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Joanne Shenandoah, Oneida singer and guitarist (S)
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Clara Sherman (born ca. 1915), Navajo weaver (S)
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Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948), Laguna Pueblo-Keres writer (S)
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Pauline Small (1924–2005), first female leader of the Crow Nation (S)
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Cynthia Leitich Smith, Muscogee Creek Nation children's author (S)
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Lois Bougetah Smoky (1907–1981), Kiowa painter and bead artist (S)
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Molly Spotted Elk (1903–1977), Penobscot actress and dancer (S)
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Minnie Spotted-Wolf (Blackfeet), first female Native American Marine (S)
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Boeda Strand (born 1834), head basket weaver of the Snohomish tribe (S)
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Virginia Stroud (born 1951) United Keetoowah Band Cherokee-Muscogee Creek painter, author, and former Miss Indian America. (S)
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Anita Louise Suazo, Santa Clara Pueblo potter (S)
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Madonna Swan (1928–1993), Lakota (S)
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Roxanne Swentzell, Santa Clara Pueblo ceramicist and sculptor (S)
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Tacumwah (ca. 1720–ca. 1790), chief of the Miami tribe and businesswoman (T)
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Margaret Tafoya, (1904–2001) Santa Clara Pueblo potter (T)
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Maria Tallchief (1925–2013), Osage ballerina (T)
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Marjorie Tallchief, Osage ballerina (T)
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Mary TallMountain, Koyukon and Irish-Scottish poet and storyteller (T)
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Margo Tamez (born 1962), Jumano Apache, Lipan Apache activist, poet, community historian, educator (T)
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Gladys Tantaquidgeon (1899–2005), Mohegan elder, anthropologist, historian, and medicine woman (T)
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Luci Tapahonso (born 1953), Navajo poet and lecturer (T)
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Leonidas Tapia (died 1977), Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo potter (T)
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Kimberly Teehee (born 1969/70), Cherokee Nation senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council (T)
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Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680), Mohawk-Algonquian woman canonized by the Roman Catholic church (T)
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Lucy Telles, Mono Lake Paiute-Yosemite Miwok basketweaver, ca. 1885-1955 (T)
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Charlene Teters, Spokane tribe artist, writer, activist, educator, and lecturer (T)
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The Other Magpie, Crow fighter at the Battle of the Rosebud (T)
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Jennie Thlunaut (1892–1986), Tlingit artist (T)
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Lucy Thompson (1856–1932), Yurok writer (T)
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Jennie Thlunaut, Tlingit (1982–1986) Chilkat weaver (T)
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Susette LaFlesche Tibbles (1854–1903), Omaha-Iowa-Ponca lecturer, writer, and artist (T)
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Sheila Tousey (born 1960), Menominee-Stockbridge-Munsee actress (T)
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Toypurina (born 1761), Tongva medicine woman and rebel (T)
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Gail Tremblay, Onondaga-Mi'kmaq artist and poet (T)
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Catherine Troeh (1911–2007), Chinook activist, artist, elder, historian (T)
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Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie, Muscogee Creek-Seminole-Navajo photographer (T)
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Faye Tso (1933–2004), Navajo potter (T)
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Minnie Two Shoes, Assiniboine journalist (T)
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Tyonajanegen, Oneida woman who fought in the 1777 Battle of Oriskany during the American Revolutionary War (T)
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Ulali, all female, musical group of Native American descent (U)
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Paula Underwood, Oneida historian (U)
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Carrie Underwood, Muscogee Creek Nation enrolled tribal member, singer (U)
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Misty Upham (1982–2014), Blackfeet Nation actress (U)
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Pablita Velarde, Tse Tsan (1918–2006), Santa Clara Pueblo painter (V)
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Velma Wallis, Athabascan writer (W)
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Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee Nation painter and educator (W)
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Wanagapeth (Miami tribe, died 1908), daughter of Chief Michikinikwa (W)
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Yvonne Wanrow (born 1943), of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation (W)
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Nancy Ward (ca. 1738–1822 or 1824), Cherokee leader (W)
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Ingrid Washinawatok (1957–1999), assassinated Menominee activist (W)
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Watseka (1810–1878), Potawatomi woman for whom Watseka, Illinois, is named (W)
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Mary Jo Watson, PhD, Seminole art historian, curator, educator (W)
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Marie Watt (born 1967), Seneca artist (W)
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Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910–1997), Navajo activist and author (W)
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Weetamoo (ca. 1635–1676), Wampanoag chief (W)
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Charmaine White Face, Oglala Lakota activist and writer (W)
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Emmi Whitehorse (born 1958), Navajo painter (W)
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Matika Wilbur (born 1984), Swinomish and Tulalip photographer and podcaster (W)
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Lorraine Williams, Navajo potter (W)
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Sarah Winnemucca (ca. 1841–1891), Northern Paiute activist and writer (W)
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Kim Winona (1930–1978), Sioux actress (W)
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Woman Chief (c. 1806–1858), Crow chief and warrior (W)
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Elizabeth Woody, Navajo-Wasco writer (W)
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Melanie Yazzie, Navajo printmaker and educator (Y)
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Mary Youngblood, Aleut-Seminole flutist (Y)
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Ofelia Zepeda, Tohono O'odham linguist and writer (Z)
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Zitkala-Sa (1876–1938), Yankton Nakota writer, editor, musician, teacher and activist (Z)
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