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Pioneering Native American archaeologist known for her work at the Southwest Museum

Mabel Fairbanks was a pioneering American figure skater and coach known for breaking racial barriers in the sport.

LaNada War Jack is an indigenous activist, who since childhood, has fought to preserve Native American identity and tribal rights.

Cherokee Beloved Woman and political leader

Shawnee warrior and leader

1800s Native American war chief of the Blackfeet tribe.

Two-spirited Gros Ventres leader of the 1800s

Diplomat and a Native Americans rights advocate, she is the only known woman to ever be allowed to sit on a Ute tribal council.

Elsie Knott was the first Anishinaabe Kwe O’gimaa (first woman to serve as chief of a First Nation in Canada).

The only known female chief of the Hocąk or Winnebago nation