Indigenous Archives - Page 5 of 36

Lula Belle Everidge

Lula Belle Everidge served in World War II as one of the few Native American SPARS.

Valerie Martínez

Martínez, a poet, translator, and playwright, is the author of three books of poetry.

Yvette Roubideaux, M.D., a member of the Rosebud Sioux tribe, served as director of the Indian Health Service and a senior adviser to the Health and Human Services Secretary for American Indians and Alaska Natives during the Obama Administration.

María Roselia Jiménez Pérez

María Roselia Jiménez Pérez has produced several children’s books in Tojolab’al and has composed several pieces of vocal music in her language as well.

María Concepción Bautista Vázquez

Maria Concepcion Bautista Vázquez is a Tsotsil writer and painter from the Tsotsil pueblo of Huixtan, Chiapas.

Dr Melvina L McCabe

Melvina McCabe, M.D., brings a spiritual and cultural perspective to her care of the elderly.

Kali Fajardo-Anstine

Novelist Kali Fajardo-Anstine is a 2020 winner of an American Book Award and finalist for the National Book Award.

Irma Xóchitl

Irma Xóchitl is an anthropologist and linguist, author of the books Nahuatocaitl. Apellidos nahuas de Puebla, senderos hacia nuestra cultura originaria (2018) and Mah timomachtiah nahuatlahtolli ican totoca. Aprendamos náhuatl con nuestros apellidos (2021).

Isabel Juárez Espinosa

Isabel Juárez Espinosa is a Maya Tseltal writer who has been writing since 1990, exploring social themes and issues, concepts of race and ethnicity, and the problems associated with urbanization, such as alcoholism and addiction.