~ FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICANS ~ Adam Beach (Actor) Alex(andrea) Kawisenhawe Rice (Actress) Arvel Bird (Musician) August Schellenberg (Actor) Benjamin Bratt (Actor) Bill Miller (Musician) Bill Reid (Carver, Poet) Billy Mills (1964 Olympic Gold Medallist, Author, Spokesperson) Billy Two Rivers (Wrestler, Politician) Blackfire (Musician) Branscombe Richmond (Actor, Musician) Brule (Musician) Buffalo Child (Actor) Buffy Sainte-Marie (Musician) Chris Eyre (Director, Producer, Actor) Clan/Destine (Musician) Cody Lightning (Actor) Crystle Lightning (Actress, Model) Dakota House (Actor) Daphne Odjig (Painter) Darrell Dennis (Actor, Comedian, Writer) Dennis Banks (Civil Rights Activist, Leader, Author, co-founder of the AIM) Don Shanks (Actor) Duane Loken (Actor) Eddie Hatcher (Political Prisoner) Eddie Spears (Actor) Elaine Miles (Actress) Eric Schweig (Actor, Carver) Evan Adams (Actor, Author, Award Winner, Doctor: Obstetrician) Floyd Red Crow Westerman (Actor, Musician: Singer, Poet) Gary Farmer (Actor) George Leach (Actor, Musician: Singer/Guitarist/Songwriter, Visual Artist) Gerald Auger (Director, Actor, Model, Fashion designer) Gordon Tootoosis (Actor) Graham Greene (Actor, Director) Gregg Rainwater (Actor) Irene Bedard (Actress, Musician) Jennifer Podemski (Actress, Producer) Joanne Shenandoah (Musician: Singer/Songwriter/Performer/Composer) John Bennett Herrington (Former NASA Astronaut) John Trudell (Musician) Johnny Cash (Musician) Jonathon Brewer (Actor) Joseph Firecrow (Musician) Keith Secola (Musician) Kevin Locke (Hoop Dancer, Musician) Kimberly Norris-Guerrero (Actress) Leonard Peltier (Political Prisoner) Litefoot (Actor, Rapper, Motivational Speaker) Loma L. Mathias (TV Host, Musician, Song- & Script-Writer, Producer) Lou Diamond Phillips (Actor, Director, Writer) Louise Erdrich (Writer) Maria Tallchief (Dancer, Teacher) Mariel Belanger (Model, Actress, Host) Mark (Redsky) Prior (Actor, Artist) Michael Greyeyes (Actor, Choreographer) Michael Horse (Actor, Artist, Activist) Michael Spears (Actor) Michelle Thrush (Actress) Mishi Donovan (Musician: Singer/Songwriter, Actress) N. Scott Momaday (Poet, Novelist, Playwright, Artist, Professor of english & american literature) Naomi Lang (Ice Dancer) Nathaniel Arcand (Actor) Noah Watts (Actor) Pato Hoffmann (Actor) R. Carlos Nakai (Musician) Rita Coolidge (Musician, Actress) >>> Walela Robert Mirabal (Musician) Rodney A. Grant (Actor) Russell Means (Civil Rights Activist, Actor, Politician) Ryan Black (Actor) Saginaw Grant (Dancer, Actor, Writer) Santee Smith (Dancer, Choreographer, Artistic director) Sarah Podemski (Actress, Dancer) Sean Wei Mah (Actor) Shawn Michael Perry (Actor, Musician: Singer/Songwriter, Educator, Activist) Sheila Tousey (Actress) Sherman Alexie (Writer, Director, Producer) Simon Baker (Actor) Steve Reevis (Actor) Tamara Podemski (Actress, Musician: Singer/Songwriter) Tantoo Cardinal (Actress) Tomson Highway (Writer, Director, Musician) Tristan Thunderbolt (Actor, Comedian, Dancer, Writer) Ulali (Musician) Walela (Musician) Wayne "Gino" Odjik (Former Hockey Player) Wayquay (Musician: Singer/Songwriter, Actress) Wes Studi (Actor, Musician, Director) Wilma Mankiller (Chief of the Cherokee Nation) Zahn McClarnon (Actor) Last Update: December 10, 2005
~ OF THE PRESENT DAY ~
*1972, Salteaux-Ojibwa
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Mohawk
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*1961?, Shivwit Paiute / Metis
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Mohawk
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*1963, Quechua / Peruvian tribe
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Mohican
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*1920-1998, Haida
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*1938, Oglala Lakota
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*1935, Mohawk
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Navajo (Clayson, Jeneda and Klee Bennaly)
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*1956, Aleutian
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Paul LaRoche: Lower Brule Lakota
Nicole LaRoche: Lower Brule Lakota
John Lone Eagle: Apache / Cherokee
Shane: Lower Brule Lakota
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Plains Cree
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*1941, Cree
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*1968, Cheyenne-Arapaho
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Frank Poocha: Pima / Hopi (Keyboads, Vocals)
Chuck Harris: Hopi / Papago (Guitarist)
David A. Montour: Mohawk / Cayuga / Potawatomi / Ottawa (Bass, Flute, Vocals)
Juan Sanchez: Oglala Lakota / Pueblo (Vocals, Percussion)
Steve Gatlin: Caucasian (Drummer)
Derrick "Suwaima" Davis: Hopi / Choctaw (Hoop Dancer)
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*1986, Plains Cree
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*1981, Plains Cree
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*1974, Cree
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*1919, Odawa / Potawatomi / Ojibwa
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Shushwap
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*1937, Ojibwa
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*1950, Cherokee / Illinois / Choctaw descent
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Comanche
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*1957, Tuscarora
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*1982, Lakota
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*1960, Cayuse / Nez Perce (and a member of the Umatilla tribe)
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*1967, Inuit / Chippewa
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*1966, Coast Salish
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*1936, Dakota
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*1953, Cayuga
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Sta'atl'imx
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Cree
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Cree / Stoney descent
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*1952, Oneida
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*1966, Osage / Cherokee
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*1967, Inuit / Cree
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*1974?, Salteaux-Ojibwa
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Oneida
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*1958, Chickasaw
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*1946, Santee
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*1932-2003, Cherokee (Unconfirmed)
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*1977, Blood Blackfeet
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*1959, Northern Cheyenne
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*1957, Ojibwa
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Hunkpapa Lakota / Chippewa
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Colville / Salish-Kootenai / Cherokee
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*1944, Chippewa / Lakota
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*1969, Cherokee
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Ojibwa / Metis
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*1962, Filipino / Hawaiian / Chinese / Spanish / Scottish-Irish / eighth Cherokee
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*1954, Chippewa
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*1925, Osage
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*1973, Okanagan
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*1964?, Ojibwa
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*1967, Plains Cree
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*1951?, Yaqui / Zuni / Mescalero Apache descent
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*1977, Lakota
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Cree
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Chippewa / Cree
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*1934, Kiowa
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*1978, Karuk
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*1971, Plains Cree
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Crow / Blackfeet descent
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Aymara / Quechua
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*1946, Navajo / Ute
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*1945, Cherokee
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*1967?, Taos Pueblo
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*1959, Omaha
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*1939, Oglala Lakota
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*1973, Salteaux-Ojibwa
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*1936, Sac and Fox / Iowa / Otoe / Ponca
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*1971, Mohawk
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*1982/83?, Salteaux-Ojibwa
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*1976, Cree
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Salish / Panamanian (of Mayan ancestry)
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Menominee / Stockbridge-Munsee
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*1966, Spokane / Coeur d'Alene
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*1986, Cree
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Blackfeet
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*1977, Salteaux-Ojibwa
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*1950, Cree / Metis
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*1951, Cree
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*1961?, Ojibwa
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Pura Fé: Tuscarora
Soni Moreno: Apache / Yaqui / Mayan
Jennifer Kreisberg: Tuscarora
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Rita Coolidge: Cherokee
Laura Satterfield: Cherokee
Priscilla Coolidge: Cherokee
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*1970, Algonquin
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Ojibwa
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*1947, Cherokee
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*1945, Cherokee
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