Indigenous | Indigenous People Biographies

Biographies of America's Indigenous people who were leaders or influential among their people, not only in the past, but also presently in the renaissance of America's Indigenous cultures.

These links are in no particular order. The list will continually grow.

N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa, 1934- Pulitzer Prize winner, holder of twelve honorary degrees, founding Trustee of the National Museum of the American Indian, to name just a tiny number of outstanding awards and positions.

Stan Rushworth, Cherokee, 1944 - Teacher of Native American Literature at several colleges for 50 years and an activist and advocate for Indigenous people as a teacher, writer and speaker.

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Biographies of America's Indigenous people who were leaders or influential among their people, not only in the past, but also presently in the renaissance of America's Indigenous cultures.