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Dora Old Elk (born 1977), Apsáalooke / Sioux artist. Old-Lady-Grieves-The-Enemy, Pawnee warrior. Diane O'Leary (Comanche, 1939–2013), artist, nurse. Harriet Wright O'Leary (Choctaw, 1916-1999), American teacher and politician and the first woman to serve on the tribal council of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma.
At the state level, Native American women have also made significant strides. [17] Denise Juneau, a member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation, served as the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the State of Montana and was the first Native American woman to win a statewide executive position. [17]
Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women (MMIW), also known as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and more broadly as Missing and Murdered Indigenous Relatives (MMIR) or Missing and Murdered Indigenous People (MMIP), are instances of violence against Indigenous women in Canada and the United States, [1] [2] notably those in the First nations in Canada and Native American ...
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 116th Congress, which commenced on January 3, 2019, had four Native Americans. Davids and Haaland are the first two Native American women with documented tribal ancestry to serve in Congress.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as those being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state-recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." This list does not include non-Native American women artists who use Native American themes or motifs in their work.
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." [1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a ...
This is a list of Native American musicians and singers. They are notable musicians and singers, who are from peoples Indigenous to the contemporary United States, including Alaska Natives , Native Hawaiians , and Native Americans in the United States .
Taika Waititi. Chelsea Winstanley. Māori. (Polynesian) Jojo Rabbit. Nominated. Winstanley is the first Māori of Ngāti Ranginui and Ngāi Te Rangi descent to be nominated for an Academy Award. First Indigenous people to be nominated for Best Picture. Husband-wife team.