LISTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Evan Adams	Actor	15-Nov-1966		Smoke Signals
Sherman Alexie	Novelist	7-Oct-1966		The Business of Fancydancing
William Apess	Author	31-Jan-1798	Apr-1839	A Son of the Forest
Atahualpa	Royalty	c. 1502	29-Aug-1533	Incan king ransomed, killed by Pizarro
Adam Beach	Actor	11-Nov-1972		Smoke Signals
Irene Bedard	Actor	22-Jul-1967		Pocahontas
Jimmy Carl Black	Drummer	1-Feb-1938	1-Nov-2008	Original Mothers of Invention drummer
Joseph Brant	Military	1742	24-Nov-1807	Mohawk Indian Chief
Darren E. Burrows	Actor	12-Sep-1966		Ed Chigliak on Northern Exposure
Brad Carson	Politician	11-Mar-1967		Congressman from Oklahoma, 2001-05
Charles J. Chaput	Religion	26-Sep-1944		Catholic Archbishop of Philadelphia
Cochise	Military	c. 1810	8-Jun-1874	Native American warrior
Tom Cole	Politician	28-Apr-1949		Congressman, Oklahoma 4th
Mangas Coloradas	Military	c. 1792	18-Jan-1863	Apache Chief and warrior
Rita Coolidge	Singer	1-May-1944		The Delta Lady
Crazy Horse	Military	c. 1842	5-Sep-1877	Bayonetted in the back
Cuauhtemoc	Head of State	1495	28-Feb-1525	Last Aztec Emperor
Larry EchoHawk	Politician	2-Aug-1948		Head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs
Louise Erdrich	Novelist	7-Jun-1954		Love Medicine
Gary Farmer	Actor	12-Jun-1953		Henry & Verlin
Chief Dan George	Actor	24-Jul-1899	23-Sep-1981	Little Big Man
Geronimo	Military	16-Jun-1829	17-Feb-1909	The last Indian to surrender
Tanya Tagaq Gillis	Singer	c. 1977		Inuit throat singer
Graham Greene	Actor	22-Jun-1952		Dances With Wolves
Joy Harjo	Poet	9-May-1951		The Last Song
Black Hawk	Military	c. 1767	3-Oct-1838	Led Indian uprisings in Illinois and Wisconsin
Ishi	Oddity	c. 1860	25-Mar-1916	Last of an extinct tribe
John Smoke Johnson	Politician	2-Dec-1792	26-Aug-1886	Mohawk Chief of the Six Nations
Chief Joseph	Government	c. 1840	21-Sep-1904	"I will fight no more forever"
Benito Juárez	Head of State	21-Mar-1806	18-Jul-1872	President of Mexico, 1861-72
Israel Kamakawiwo'ole	Singer	20-May-1959	26-Jun-1997	Hawaiian ukulele musician
Sonny Landham	Actor	11-Feb-1941		Billy Bear in 48 Hrs.
Blackie Lawless	Musician	4-Sep-1956		Wore The Sawblade Codpiece in W.A.S.P.
Hyapatia Lee	Pornstar	11-Nov-1960		Hy Heeled Drifter, Titty Committee
Russell Means	Activist	10-Nov-1939		American Indian Movement
Rigoberta Menchú Tum	Activist	9-Jan-1959		Political activist, Nobel Prize recipient
Elaine Miles	Actor	7-Apr-1960		Marilyn Whirlwind on Northern Exposure
N. Scott Momaday	Novelist	27-Feb-1934		House Made of Dawn
Montezuma II	Head of State	1466	30-Jun-1520	Aztec leader, capitulated to the Spanish
Evo Morales	Politician	26-Oct-1959		President of Bolivia
Nezahualcoyotl	Head of State	1402	1472	Texcoco philosopher-king, Aztec poet
Samson Occom	Religion	1723	14-Jul-1792	American Indian hymn writer
Osceola	Military	c. 1804	30-Jan-1838	Seminole Indian chief
Leonard Peltier	Criminal	12-Sep-1944		Native American political prisoner
Oscar Pettiford	Jazz Musician	30-Sep-1922	8-Sep-1960	Jazz double bassist
Pocahontas	Royalty	c. 1595	21-Mar-1617	Native American princess
Pontiac	Head of State	c. 1720	20-Apr-1769	Chief of the Ottawa
Branscombe Richmond	Actor	8-Aug-1955		Bobby Sixkiller on Renegade
Sacagawea	Explorer	c. 1787	20-Dec-1812	Lewis and Clark expedition translator
Buffy Sainte-Marie	Singer/Songwriter	20-Feb-1941		Universal Soldier
Kelvin Sampson	Basketball	5-Oct-1955		Head Coach, IU-Bloomington
Will Sampson	Actor	27-Sep-1933	3-Jun-1987	One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
August Schellenberg	Actor	25-Jul-1936		Black Robe
Eric Schweig	Actor	19-Jun-1967		The Last of the Mohicans
Chief Seattle	Military	c. 1786	7-Jun-1866	Namesake of the city of Seattle
Jay Silverheels	Actor	26-May-1912	5-Mar-1980	Tonto on The Lone Ranger
Sitting Bull	Military	c. 1831	15-Dec-1890	Warrior Chief of the Sioux
Kay Starr	Singer	21-Jul-1922		Jazz singer
Richard D. Stephens	Business	c. 1952		Senior VP of Boeing
Wes Studi	Actor	17-Dec-1947		Geronimo: An American Legend
Maria Tallchief	Dancer	24-Jan-1925		New York City Ballet
Rufino Tamayo	Painter	c. 1900	24-Jun-1991	Dos Personajes Atacados por Perros
Tecumseh	Royalty	1768	5-Oct-1813	Shawnee Indian Chief
Jim Thorpe	Football	28-May-1887	28-Mar-1953	Olympics and football
John War Eagle	Actor	8-Jun-1901	7-Feb-1991	The Man from Laramie
Rudy Youngblood	Actor	21-Sep-1982		Apocalypto

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