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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 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.

Barbara Ann Sutteer

Sutteer worked for the Federal Aviation Administration and the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Alaska for 17 years before being appointed superintendent of Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument, the first woman and first Native American to serve in that position.

Ada Deer

Ada Deer laid the foundation for the successes of many modern American women through her political trailblazing and activism.

Carrie Williams Qisiliaq Uhl

Carrie was an important part of daily life in Sisualik, passing on on traditions to all who had an interest in learning, including teaching skin sewing, seal processing, and cooking.

Tyonajanegan

Oneida woman who fought in the American Revolution

Kate Graham Cook

James Cook and Kate Graham first discovered the fossil deposits later to become known as Agate Fossil Beds.

Corrine Koshiway Goslin

Corrine Koshiway Goslin Mzhickteno (Otoe) dedicated her life to serving her tribal nation and the United States, including by serving in the Coast Guard during World War II.

Adella Hunt Logan

Suffragist and the second woman to join the faculty of Tuskegee University.

Agnes Baker-Pilgrim

Before her death in 2019 at age 95, Agnes Baker-Pilgrim was the oldest living member of the Takelma Tribe. Better known as Grandma Aggie, Baker-Pilgrim was deeply committed to her role as a tribal elder. She mentored Indigenous youth in Oregon while traveling the world well into her eighties as an activist for Indigenous and environmental rights.