- List of Native American women
"This is a list of famous Native Americans."This is a list of Native American women of the United States. Please note that it should contain only Native women of the United States and her territories, not
First Nations women or Native women of Central, and South America.A
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Louise Abeita -Pueblo writer [ [http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A147 Native American Authors: Louise Abeita ] ]
*Barbara Means Adams -Oglala writer [ [http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A208 Native American Authors: Barbara Means Adams ] ]
*Aguilar sisters,Pueblo potters
*Ai (born 1947), partChoctaw ,Chickasaw , SouthernCheyenne , andComanche poet
*Paula Gunn Allen (1939–2008),Laguna Pueblo /Sioux /Lebanese poet, activist, literary critic, and novelist
*Sally Ainse ,Oneida fur trader, land owner, and diplomat
*Leila Ali (born 1977), boxer, part Native American
*Tatyana Ali (born 1979), singer/actress, part Indigenous Panamanian
*Queen Alliquippa (died 1754),Seneca nation leader
*Tori Amos (born 1963), partCherokee musician
*Princess Angeline (c. 1820–1896), daughter ofChief Seattle
*Queen Anne (c. 1650–c. 1725), chief of thePamunkey tribe
*Anna Mae Aquash (1945–1975 or 1976), murderedAmerican Indian Movement activist [ [http://www.firstnationsdrum.com/history/wint00_murder.htm] "More than 100 people came in a snowfall to show their respect for the Canadian Micmac whose tombstone reads, "Woman Warrior at Wounded Knee.""]
*Awashonks , chief of theSakonett tribe [ [http://www.accessgenealogy.com/native/tribes/chiefs2.htm Indian Woman Chief ] ]
*Marilou Awiakta (born 1936),Cherokee author [ [http://www.ipl.org/div/natam/bin/browse.pl/A12 Native American Authors: Marilou Awiakta ] ]B
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Pearl Bailey (1918–1990), singer/actress of Native American extraction
*Emma Baker ,Mohegan elder and medicine woman
*Josephine Baker (1906–1975), partApalachee entertainer
*Nadine Bascom (born 1916), artist and musician, part Creek-Catawba
*Texas Rose Bascom , trick roper, trick rider, actress, Cowgirl Hall of Fame inductee, part Choctaw-Cherokee
*Claudine Bates-Arthur , Chief Justice of the Navajo supreme court
*Berta Benally , Navajo musician and manager ofBlackfire (band)
*Jenada Benally , Navajo musician, bassist forBlackfire (band)
*Betty Louise Bell (born 1949),Cherokee author
*Rebecca Benally ,Navajo Nation Board of Education
*Gloria Benedict ,Six Nations Mohawk Medicine Woman
*Marcheline Bertrand (born 1950), partIroquois actress
*Betty X , partCherokee musician
*Black Buffalo Woman , first wife ofCrazy Horse
*Black Shawl (died 1920), second wife ofCrazy Horse
*Kimberley M. Blaeser ,Ojibwa writer
*Blue Corn (c. 1920 – 1999),Pueblo potter
*Big Eyes , Wichita captive ofFrancisco Coronado
*Kate Bighead , eyewitness to TheBattle of Little Bighorn
*Tiana Bighorse , Navajo author
*Gloria Bird , Spokane tribe poet and critic
*Bowdash ,Kootenai two-spirit warrior
*LaNada Boyer , activist andAlcatraz Island occupier
*Beth E. Brant (c. 1736 – 1796), Mohawk author
*Mary Brant , Mohawk leader
*Bras Piqué ,Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them
*Ignatia Broker (1919–1987),Ojibwa writer
*Vee F. Browne , Navajo author
*Buffalo Bird Woman ,Hidatsa author
*Buffalo Calf Road Woman ,Cheyenne heroine
*Diane Burns ,Chemehuevi /Anishinaabe artist and musician
*Sharon Dahlonega Raiford Bush (born 1952), American journalist ofCherokee heritageC
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Gladys Cardiff (born 1942), halfCherokee poet and academic
*Tonantzin Carmelo ,Tongva andMexica actress
*Charisma Carpenter (born 1970), partCherokee actress
*Cher (born 1946), partCherokee singer and actress [ [http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?id=789] ON A SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA afternoon in 1963, short, ambitious songwriter Sonny Bono introduced 17-year-old Armenian-Cherokee singer Cherilyn Sarkisian La Pierre to his mentor, producer Phil Spector."]
*Kristin Chenoweth (born 1968), 1/4Cherokee actress and singer
*Marie Z. Chino ,Pueblo potter
*Vera Chino ,Pueblo potter
*Maria Chona ,Tohono O'odham basket weaver, and subject of a biography byRuth Underhill
*Chrystos (born 1946),Menominee two-spirit poet
*Mildred Cleghorn (1910–1997), former Chairwoman of theFort Sill Apache Tribe ofOklahoma
*Alice W. Cling , Navajo potter
*Elouise Cobell , Executive Director of theNative American Community Development Corporation
*Colestah , wife ofChief Kamiakin
*Lyda Conley (1874–1946),Wyandotte Indian Tribe activist and lawyer
*Elizabeth Cook-Lynn ,Sioux poet and novelist
*Rita Coolidge (born 1946),Cherokee singer
*Jeanne Cooper (born 1928),Cherokee actress
*Hilda Coriz,Pueblo potter
*Crying Wind ,Kickapoo author
*Mary Crow Dog (born 1953), Lakota writer and activist
*Josephine Crowfeather , daughter of ChiefJoseph Crowfeather , nun and missionary
*Cuhtahlatah ,Cherokee heroine
*Molly Culver (born 1967), 1/4Chickasaw /Choctaw actress
*Rebecca Cummings (born 1970), partOsage porn star andLGBT rights activist
*Lisa Chavez-Thomas (born 1964),Isleta Pueblo Native American Fine ArtistD
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Dahteste ,Apache fighter and compatriot toGeronimo
*Dorothy Dandridge (1922–1965), part Native American actress
*Carrie Dann ,Western Shoshone activist
*Mary Dann (died 2005),Western Shoshone activist
*Dat So La Lee (c. 1829 – 1925), Washoe basket weaver
*Alice Brown Davis (1852–1935), chief of theSeminoles
*Ada Deer ,Menominee author, activist, and the first Native American woman to head theBureau of Indian Affairs
*Susan Deer Cloud , Mohawk/Seneca/Blackfeet author
*Ella Cara Deloria (1888–1971),Yankton Sioux educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist
*Angel DeCora Dietz ,Ho-Chunk artist and lecturer
*Do-Hum-Me , Sac entertainer
*Dorion Woman , Iowa interpreter for theWilson Price Hunt expedition
*Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve , RosebudSioux writer and educator
*Juanita Suazo Dubray ,Pueblo potter
*Joyce Dugan , first female elected chief of theEastern Band of Cherokee Indians E
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Eagle of Delight (died 1822),Otoe tribe emissary
*Chief Earth Woman ,Ojibwa fighter
*Ehyophsta ,Cheyenne warrior
*Louise Erdrich (born 1954),Ojibwa writerF
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Tiffany Fallon (born 1974), part Native American actress and model
*Melissa Jayne Fawcett ,Mohegan writer and historian
*Fidelia Fielding (1827–1908), last native speaker of theMohegan Pequot language
*Cecilia Fire Thunder (born 1946), former president of theOglala Sioux inSouth Dakota
*Elaine Fleming ,Ojibwa mayor ofCass Lake, Minnesota
*L. Frank ,Tongva /Ajachmen Indian artist, tribal scholar, and activist
*Kayln Free ,Choctaw lawyer and activistG
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Martha George ,Suquamish tribal chairman
*Diane Glancy ,Cherokee author, poet, and playwright
*Glory of the Morning (born 1709),Ho-Chunk chief
*Rose Gonzales (c. 1900 – 1989), Pueblo potter
*Janice Gould , Maidu writer
*Gouyen ,Apache warrior
*Larkin Grimm , partCree singer-songwriter
*Margaret Gutierrez, Pueblo potterH
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Janet Campbell Hale ,Coeur d'Alene /Kootenay /Cree /Irish writer
*Hate Woman ,Blackfoot fighter
*Hanging Cloud ,Ojibwa warrior
*Charlotte Hallmark , chief of theEchota Cherokee Tribe of Alabama
*Helen Hardin (1934–1984),Tewa artist
*Joy Harjo , Muskogee poet, lecturer, and musician
*Suzan Shown Harjo , Muskogee/Cheyenne activist
*Angie Harmon (born 1972), halfCherokee actress and model
*LaDonna Harris ,Comanche president ofAmericans for Indian Opportunity
*Allison Hedge Coke ,Huron /Cherokee poet, writer, educator, activist
*Robbie Hedges , first elected woman chief of the Peoria tribe
*Jackalene Crow Hiendlmayr ,Cherokee /Creek author and storyteller
*Belle Highwalking , NorthernCheyenne writer
*Rosella Hightower (born 1920), ballerina
*Linda Hogan (born 1947),Chickasaw poet, storyteller, academic, playwright, novelist, environmentalist and writer of short stories.
*Minnie Hollow Wood ,Sioux woman who fought at theBattle of Little Big Horn
*Hononegah (c. 1814 – 1847),Ho-Chunk pioneer
*Lena Horne (born 1917), singer/actress, partCherokee and other Amerindian extraction
*LeAnne Howe ,Choctaw writerI
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Debora Iyall (born 1954), Cowlitz singerJ
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Mahalia Jackson , gospel singer, partChoctaw
*Cheewa James ,Modoc author
*Jana (born 1980),Lumbee /Tuscarora singer
*Paulla Dove Jennings , Niantic Narragansett educator, historian, and author
*Beverly Deer Jensen ,Shinnecock journalist
*Viola Jimulla (1878–1966), Yavapai chief
*Malese Jow (born 1991), partCherokee actress
*Juana Maria (died 1853), last of theNicoleño tribe
*Betty Mae Jumper , first woman chairman of theSeminole Tribal Council K
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Yvonne Kauger (born 1937),Cheyenne /Arapaho Oklahoma Supreme Court justice
*Maude Kegg (1906–1996),Ojibwa cultural interpreter and folk artist
*Loretta Kelsey , last living speaker ofElém Pomo
*Clara Sue Kidwell ,Choctaw /Ojibwa , historian
*Edith Kilbuck,Lenape missionary
*Kilsoquah (1810–1915), granddaughter ofChief Michikinikwa
*Terri Kimball (born 1944), partCherokee model
*Bernice King (born 1963), daughter of civil rights leaderMartin Luther King , part Native American
*Coretta Scott King (1927–2006), wife of civil rights leaderMartin Luther King , part Native American
*Yolanda King (1955–2007), eldest daughter of civil rights leaderMartin Luther King , part Native American
*Kinipai , Navajotwo-spirit
*Eartha Kitt (born 1927), partCherokee actress and singer
*Beyonce Knowles , part Cherokee and other Amerindian extractions
*Kuiliy , Pend d'Oreille warriorL
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Madeline La Framboise (1740–1846), fur trader
*Winona LaDuke (born 1959),Ojibwa activist, environmentalist, economist, and writer
*Carole LaFavor ,two-spirit Ojibwa novelist and activist
*Naomi Lang (born 1978),Karuk figure skater and ice dancer
*Ananda Lewis , t.v. personality is of Amerindian extraction(s); purportedly a registered member of theBlackfoot tribe.
*Edmonia Lewis (1845 – c. 1911), halfOjibwa sculptor
*Lucy M. Lewis (1898–1992),Pueblo potter
*Heather Deen Locklear (born 1961), actress, spokesmodel; of Scottish andLumbee Indian ancestry.
*Janette Littledove (born 1966),Cherokee adult actress
*Sacheen Littlefeather (born 1947),Apache /Yaqui /Pueblo actress and activist
*Beverly Little Thunder , Lakota nurse and activist
*K. Tsianina Lomawaima , Creek author
*Louise Lone Dog , Mohawk/Lenape author
*Charly Lowry ,Lumbee singer andAmerican Idol contestant
*Lozen , warrior, spiritual leader, and compatriot toGeronimo M
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Moms Mabley (1894–1975), actress/comedian, part Native American
*Anna Malle (1967–2005), partCherokee adult actress
*Wilma Mankiller (born 1945), first femalePrincipal Chief of the Cherokee Nation
*Maria Martinez (1887–1980),Pueblo potter
*Ursula Mayes (born 1979), part Native American model and make-up artist
*Janet McAdams , Alabama Creek/Scottish/Irish author
*Shaunna Oteka McCovey ,Yurok /Karuk poet
*Karen McDougal (born 1971), partCherokee model and actress
*Beatrice Medicine , Lakota author
*Methoataske , mother ofTecumseh andTenskwatawa
*Tiffany Midge ,Hunkpapa Sioux /German novelist
*Elaine Miles (born 1960),Cayuse /Nez Perce actress
*Devon A. Mihesuah ,Choctaw writer
*Deborah A. Miranda ,Esselen /Chumash/French poet
*Catherine Montour (1710–1804), Seneca leader
*Linda Moon (born 1948), partCherokee model and actress
*Kenya Moore (born 1971), model/actress and former beauty queen is of Native American extraction
*Lynn Moroney ,Chickasaw writer
*Teresa Morris ,Algonquin /Tuscarora author and founder of theCoastal Carolina Indian Center & Association
*Mountain Wolf Woman (1884–1960),Ho-Chunk Native American Church member
*Mourning Dove, Colville/Okanogan writer
*Moving Robe Woman , aHunkpapa Sioux fighter in theBattle of Little Bighorn
*Mary Musgrove , Creek interpreter, trader, and political leader
*Ruth Muskrat Bronson ,Cherokee specialist in American Indian affairs and former executive secretary of theNational Congress of American Indians N
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Nampeyo (c. 1859 – 1942),Hopi potter
*Nonhelema ,Shawnee leaderO
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Hannah Ocuish (died 1786), executedPequot
*Old-Lady-Grieves-The-Enemy , aPawnee fighter
*One Who Walks With the Stars , a fighter in theBattle of Little Bighorn P
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LaRue Parker , current chairperson of theCaddo nation
*Elise Paschen ,Osage poet, former executive director ofPoetry Society of America , and cofounder of Poetry in Motion
*Tonita Pena , Pueblo artist
*Susan La Flesche Picotte (1865–1915), first female Native American physician, Omaha tribe
*Lori Piestewa (1979–2003),Hopi soldier killed inIraq
*Pine Leaf , Crow warrior
*Pocahontas (c. 1595 – 1617),Powhatan wife of John Rolfe, knew John Smith
*Pohaha ,Tewa warrior andkachina
*Marie Mason Potts ,Maidu writer
*Pretty-shield ,Crow Nation medicine woman and author
*Anna Price , White MountainApache writerQ
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Jaune Quick-To-See Smith (born 1940), Flathead nation artistR
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Dorothy Ramon , last native speaker of theSerrano language
*Jacki Thompson Rand ,Choctaw , historian
*Alma Ransom , former chief of theSt. Regis Mohawks
*Rattling Blanket Woman , mother ofCrazy Horse
*Delphine Red Shirt ,Oglala writer and chair ofNongovernmental Organization Committee on the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples at the United Nations
*Princess Red Wing ,Wampanoag /Narraganset founder and curator of theTomquag Indian Memorial Museum
*Martha Redbone ,Choctaw ,Shawnee , andAfrican-American musician
*Della Reese (born 1931), halfCherokee actress and singer
*G. Anne Richardson , chief of theRappahannock tribe
*Salli Richardson (born 1967), partCherokee actress
*Toby Riddle (1848–1920),Modoc interpreter and diplomat
*Kelis Rogers (born 1979), singer/songwriter, partTaíno andArawak
*Diana Ross (born 1944), singer/actress, partCherokee
*Gayle Ross , Cherokee storyteller actress and fine art model
*Luana Ross , member of theConfederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes , sociologist and author
*Tracee Ellis Ross (born 1971), actress/model, partCherokee
*Wendy Rose (born 1948),Hopi /Miwok anthropologist and writer
*Running Eagle ,Blackfoot war chief*
Sacagawea (c. 1787 – 1812),Shoshone guide for theLewis and Clark Expedition
*Sahaykwisa ,Mohave two-spirit
*Jamie Sams , Seneca/Cherokee writer
*Katherine Saubel ,Cahuilla author and museum curator
*Brenda Schad ,Choctaw andCherokee model
*Jane Johnston Schoolcraft ,Ojibwa /Irish writer
*Joanne Shenandoah , Oneida singer and guitarist
*Anna Moore Shaw ,Pima writer
*Leslie Marmon Silko (born 1948),Laguna Pueblo /Keres writer
*Cheyenne Silver (born 1978), partChoctaw and partCherokee adult actress
*Geri Small , former president of theNorthern Cheyenne Indian Reservation
*Pauline Small (1924–2005), first female leader of theCrow Nation
*Andrea Smith,Cherokee intellectual , feminist, and anti-violence activist
*Cynthia Leitich Smith , Muscogee children's author
*Solè , half-Blackfoot , half-African-American rapper
*Molly Spotted Elk (1903–1977),Penobscot actress and dancer
*Minnie Spotted-Wolf , first female Native American Marine
*Jean Thompson Ssipsis ,Penobscot social worker and writer
*Mary Standing Soldier , writer
*Boeda Strand (born 1834), head basket weaver of the Snohomish tribe
*Anita Louise Suazo , Pueblo potter
*Cree Summer , half CreeT
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Tacumwah (c. 1720 – c. 1790), chief of theMiami tribe and businesswoman
*Margaret Tafoya (1904–2001),Pueblo potter
*Mary Tall Mountain ,Athabascan writer
*Heather Tallchief (born 1972), Seneca armored car robber
*Maria Tallchief (born 1925),Osage ballerina
*Marjorie Tallchief ,Osage ballerina
* Amy Tallchief (Osage) Actress/Director/Producer
*Margo Tamez (born 1962),Jumano Apache ,Lipan Apache activist, poet, community historian, educator
*Gladys Tantaquidgeon ,Mohegan elder, historian, and medicine woman
*Luci Tapahonso (born 1953), Navajo poet and lecturer
*Leonidas Tapia (died 1977),Pueblo potter
*Te Ata,Chickasaw storyteller
*Kateri Tekakwitha (1656–1680), Mohawk woman beatified by theCatholic church
*Charlene Teters , Spokane tribe artist, writer, activist, educator, and lecturer
*The Other Magpie , Crow fighter at theBattle of the Rosebud
*Dark Rain Thom ,Shawnee writer
*Florence Owens Thompson (1901–1983),Cherokee subject of the famous photograph "Migrant Mother"
*Lucy Thompson ,Yurok writer
*Dagmar Thorpe ,Sac and Fox Nation author
*Grace Thorpe ,Sac and Fox Nation activist
*Susette LaFlesche Tibbles (1854–1903), Iowa/Ponca lecturer, writer, and artist
*Tiffany (born 1971), partCherokee singer
*Laura Tohe , Navajo writer
*Toypurina (born 1761),Tongva medicine woman and rebel
*Gail Tremblay ,Onondaga /Mi'kmaq artist and poet
*Catherine Troeh (1911–2007), Chinook activist, artist, elder, historian
*Asiba Tupahache ,Matinecoc activist
*Tina Turner (born 1939), part Navajo andCherokee singer
*Hunter Tylo (born 1962), halfCherokee actressU
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Ulali , all female, all Native American musical group
*Paula Underwood ,Oneida historian
* Misty Upham, (born 1982)Blackfeet actress, screenwriterV
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Pablita Velarde , Pueblo potter
*Sarah Vowell (born 1969),Cherokee author and journalistW
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Wa-Wa-Chaw ,Luiseno tribe writer, artist, and lecturer
*Velma Wallis ,Athabascan writer
*Alice Walker (born 1944), partCherokee author and feminist
*Wanagapeth (died 1908), daughter ofChief Michikinikwa
*Yvonne Wanrow (born 1943), feminist and criminal of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation
*Nancy Ward (c. 1738 – 1822 or 1824),Cherokee leader
*Ingrid Washinawatok (1957–1999), assassinatedMenominee activist
*Watseka (born 1810),Potawatomi woman for whomWatseka, Illinois is named
*Marie Watt (born 1967), Seneca artist
*Annie Dodge Wauneka (1910–1997), Navajo activist and author
*Weetamoo (c. 1635 – 1676),Wampanoag chief
*Rhonda Welch-Scalco , currentBarona Band of Mission Indians chairperson
*Wenona, woman chief of the Crow
*Charmaine White Face ,Sioux activist and writer
*Emmi Whitehorse (born 1958), Navajo painter
*Roberta Hill Whiteman ,Oneida poet and educator
*Ellen Williams (born 1923), last native speaker ofWhulshootseed
*Vanessa L. Williams (born 1963), part Cherokee and other Amerindian extractions
*Sarah Winnemucca (c. 1841 – 1891),Paiute activist and writer
*Joan Leslie Woodruff ,Shawnee /Cherokee writer
*Elizabeth Woody , Navajo/Wasco writer
*Muriel Wright ,Choctaw historian
*Kari Wührer (born 1967), part Cherokee actress and singerY
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Mary Youngblood ,Aleut /Seminole flutistZ
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Lezley Zen , partCherokee adult actress
*Ofelia Zepeda ,Tohono O'odham linguist and writer
*Zintkala Nuni "Lost Bird", (1890–1920), Lakota survivor of theWounded Knee Massacre and adoptee
*Zitkala-Sa (1876–1938),Sioux writer, editor, musician, teacher and activistReferences
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