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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.
Milly Francis (c. 1803–1848), daughter of Creek leader Josiah Francis (Francis the Prophet), was born near what is today Montgomery, Alabama, about 1803. [1]: 1 Her name is sometimes thought to be an Anglicization of the Creek name "Malee", but the most recent thinking is that "Milly" was her birth name. [2]
Native American women in the arts include the following notable individuals. This list article is of women visual artists who are Native Americans in the United States.. The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as those being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or certain state-recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian ...
First woman elected to the Alabama Supreme Court [11] Milly Francis (1803–1848) 2019 Native American of the Creek tribe, who survived the Trail of Tears [12] Harper Lee (1926–2016) 2019 Author of To Kill a Mockingbird [13] Jessie Welch Austin (1884–1987) 2018 Sheriff of Elmore County; warden of Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women [14]
Pages in category "Native American female models" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Native American people from Alabama (5 P) T. Native American tribes in Alabama (4 C, 27 P) This page was last edited on 16 January 2024, at 04:57 (UTC). Text is ...
Sarah Ann Haynsworth Gayle (née, Haynsworth or Haynesworth; 1804–1835) was a 19th-century diarist of the American South, [1] who kept a journal during the period of 1827 to 1835. According to the Encyclopedia of Alabama, "Her journal is unique as the only surviving account of early Alabama life written by a woman."
The Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama (CTNEAL), formerly the Cherokees of Jackson County, is a state-recognized tribe in Alabama. They have about 3,000 members. [3] The tribe has a representative on the Alabama Indian Affairs Commission and the Inter-Tribal Council of Alabama. They are not federally recognized as a Native American tribe. [4]