Natawista Iksina
Natawista, or Medicine Snake Woman, played a crucial role as a cultural and political intermediary in the mid-1800s.
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Lena Horne
Legendary singer/actor Lena Horne has fought against racism in the entertainment industry throughout her career and against racial discrimination in this country throughout her life.
Piu-uina
Piu-uina exemplifies the ways Indigenous women navigated the mission system as they lived their lives.
Pelagia Melgenak
Pelagia Melgenak’s story shows a grit and determination to survive as an individual but also as a vessel to help a culture survive.
Eula Pearl Carter Scott
Scott received her pilot’s license at age 13 in the 1920s
Juana Briones
1800s Mexican-American pioneer, businesswoman, healer, and landowner
Mestaa’ėhehe
Born during a time of increasingly strained relationships between Native Americans and white colonizers, Owl Woman is credited with nourishing peace on the Colorado plains.
Mildred Marjorie Cleghorn Womack
One of six Native American women who enlisted in the US Coast Guard SPARS during World War II
Aileen Crow Bird
Aileen worked as a cultural demonstrator at Pipestone National Monument for 18 years, from 1973 to 1991. She enjoyed talking to the visitors and explaining how the pipestone is carved.
Wetxuwiis
Wetxuwiis played a significant diplomatic role that led to the opening of trade with white settlers and provided the Corps of Discovery with critical information to help them reach the Columbia River and the Pacific coast.