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Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry. Legally, being Native American is defined as being enrolled in a federally recognized tribe or Alaskan village. These entities establish their own membership rules, and they vary.
Only two Native Americans served in the 115th Congress: Tom Cole (serving since 2003) and Markwayne Mullin (served from 2013 until 2023), both of whom are Republican Representatives from Oklahoma. On November 6, 2018 , Democrats Sharice Davids of Kansas and Deb Haaland of New Mexico were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives, and the ...
This list of Native Americans a notable individuals who are Native Americans in the United States, including Alaska Natives and American Indians. [1] [2] Native American identity is a complex and contested issue. The Bureau of Indian Affairs defines Native American as having American Indian or Alaska Native ancestry.
Deb Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo Native American, has been confirmed as Interior secretary. She's also the nation's first Indigenous Cabinet member. Deb Haaland, a Laguna Pueblo Native American, has ...
There were four leading chiefs of the Seminole, a Native American tribe that formed in what was then Spanish Florida in the present-day United States.They were leaders between the time the tribe organized in the mid-18th century until Micanopy and many Seminole were removed to Indian Territory in the 1830s following the Second Seminole War.
A chief of the Oglala Lakota, he was one of several Lakota leaders who opposed the American settlement of the Great Plains winning a short-lived victory against the U.S. Army during Red Cloud's War. Red Jacket: c. 1750–1830 1770s–1790s Seneca: Major Ridge: c. 1771–1839 1790s–1830s Cherokee: Sakayengwaraton: 1792–1886 1810s Mohawk: Shingas
Women Native American leaders (1 C, 109 P) Pages in category "Native American leaders" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 481 total.
In the eighteenth century, when the people were primarily organized by clans and towns, they would appoint a leader for negotiations with the Europeans. They called him Uku, or "First Beloved Man". The title of "Principal Chief" was created in 1794, when the Cherokee began to formalize a more centralized political structure.