Native American activist who helped revive traditional dances, the Lushootseed language, and tribal appreciation for a proud past and was the second female elected to the Tulalip Tribes’ Board of Directors and first Tribal Council Chairwoman
The first Aboriginal person to be appointed Deputy Vice Chancellor of an Australian university.
Aboriginal Australian painter and educator
The first Aboriginal person to matriculate to an Australian university. In January 1957 the University of Queensland offered her a scholarship and she commenced an arts degree.
Aboriginal Australian translator and missionary
Member of the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion
Vi Hilbert, a member of the Upper Skagit tribe, had as her life’s work to preserve the Lushootseed (Puget Salish) language and culture.
Oral history: Growing Up Squamish
Maria Keawea Maki was among the Native Hawaiians who participated in nineteenth-century Anglo-led missionary efforts in Oregon Territory.
Elected chair of the Duwamish since 1975