Tarereenore
Aboriginal leader from the nineteenth century that organised an armed resistance against white colonists in now-Tasmania, Australia.
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Ana Hamu
Ana Hamu was a leading member of the Ngāpuhi iwi people in Paihia, Aotearoa.
Quaiapen
She became saunkskwa, or female sachem, of the Narangasset and Niantic peoples in 1657
Alliquippa
Alliquippa was a prominent leader of the Seneca nation for at least a decade before her death in December 1754.
Awashonks
Awashonks was a sachem, or chief, of the Sakonnet people in present-day Rhode Island, North America. She was not born into this royal role but had proved herself as a powerful leader.
RoseAnne Archibald
National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations, which represents 634 First Nations with 900,000 members. She was elected on 8 July 2021 and is the first woman to hold the position.
Putahaie
Putahaie, likely born in the mid eighteenth century, was the wife of Temotei’i of Taiohae Bay, Nukuhiva, in the Marquesas and was a significant landholder in the western part of the island’s bay.
Matelita
A paramount chief of the islands of Manu’a, now in American Samoa.
Weetamoo
Sunksqua (chief) of the Native American Pocasset tribe.
Keakealani’wahine
Sovereign queen of Hawaii