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Cecile Hansen

Elected chair of the Duwamish since 1975

Pat Bellanger

Pat Bellanger was an Ojibwe activist and a cofounder of the American Indian Movement (AIM) who spent over fifty years fighting for Indigenous rights on a national and local level.

For more than seventy years, the Minnesota-based writer and activist Meridel Le Sueur was a voice for oppressed peoples worldwide. Beginning in the 1920s, she championed the struggles of workers against the capitalist economy, the efforts of women to find their voices and their power, the rights of American Indians to their lands and their cultures, and environmentalist causes.

Helena Clarke

Australian Indigenous rights activist

Rosalie Fish

Rosalie Fish is a Native American woman who fights for the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.

Yvonne Swan

When she was found guilty of murdering her attacker and known predator in 1972, she was convicted by an all-white jury and became a symbol of women’s self-defense

Brenda Itta-Lee

Iñupiaq activist who advocated for the passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA).

Colleen Echohawk

Colleen Echohawk is a community leader,who has dedicated her career to serve Indigenous people in Seattle, Washington.

Sasha taqwšəblu LaPointe

In the realm of contemporary literature, Sasha Lapointe stands as a powerful voice, weaving narratives which resonate with the complexities of Indigenous experiences.

Deborah Parker

From Washington to D.C., Tulalip Tribe Vice-Chairwomxn Deborah Parker is a pillar of Indigenous leadership and activism about violence against Indigenous women.