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Also Known As Nanye’hi • Agi-ga-u-e
Born c.1738
Died 1822
Ross, John
John Ross
chief of Cherokee Nation
Wilma Mankiller
Wilma Mankiller
Native American leader
Sequoyah
Sequoyah
Cherokee leader
Stand Watie
Stand Watie
Cherokee chief
Dragging-Canoe
Cherokee chieftain
Mary Golda Ross
Mary Golda Ross
Native American engineer
Tecumseh
Tecumseh
Shawnee chief
Black Hawk or Makataimeshekiakiah, painting by Charles Bird King, c. 1837.
Black Hawk
Sauk and Fox leader
Pocahontas
Pocahontas
Powhatan princess
Joy Harjo
Joy Harjo
American author, academic, musician and artist
Paula Gunn Allen
Paula Gunn Allen
American author and scholar
Sacagawea
Sacagawea
Native American explorer
Sitting Bull
Sitting Bull
Sioux chief
N. Scott Momaday
N. Scott Momaday
American author
Alexander McGillivray
Muscogee chief
Ovide Mercredi
Canadian First Nations leader
Quanah Parker
Quanah Parker
Native American leader
Sarah Winnemucca
Sarah Winnemucca
Native American educator, author and lecturer
Zitkala-Sa
Zitkala-Sa
American writer
Dull Knife
Cheyenne chief