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Also Known As Sealth
Born c.1790 • Oregon Country • Washington
Died June 7, 1866
Horatio Hale
American anthropologist
John Reed Swanton
American anthropologist
Ely S. Parker
United States government official
Little Wolf
Cheyenne chief
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Little Crow
Oceti Sakowin leader
Oscar Howe
American artist
Sassacus
Pequot chief
Satanta
Native American leader
Opechancanough
American Indian chief
Uncas
Mohegan chief
Sitanka
Miniconjou Lakota chief
Suzan Shown Harjo
Native American activist
Big Bear
Cree chief
Dragging-Canoe
Cherokee chieftain
Captain Jack
Modoc subchief
Black Kettle
Cheyenne chief
Tituba
Tituba
Indigenous American woman
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich
American author
Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson
American multidisciplinary artist