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Native American Heritage Month Spotlight Red Cloud Oglala

This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next few weeks we will present a brief biography a day. Red Cloud (1822-1909) a member of the Oglala Lakota tribe is […]

Native American Heritage Month Spotlight Sarah Winnemucca

This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next few weeks we will present a brief biography a day.   Sarah Winnemucca (1844-1891) was one of the most influential and […]

Native American Heritage Month Spotlight Gabby Lemieux

This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next few weeks we will present a brief biography a day. Gabby Lemieux, a member of the Shoshone Paiute tribe of Duck […]

Native American Heritage Month Spotlight Dewey Sampson Sr.

  This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next few weeks we will present a brief biography a day. Dewey Sampson Sr. (1898-1982) was a member of the Pyramid […]

Native American Heritage Month Spotlight Graham Greene

  This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next few weeks we will present a brief biography a day. Graham Green, Academy Award nominated actor. Graham Green, a member […]

Native American Heritage Month Spotlight Ralph Burns

      This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next 30 days we will present a brief biography a day. Ralph Burns, Veteran, and Numu language instructor and […]

Native America Heritage Month Spotlight Fawn Sharp

This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next 30 days we will present a brief biography a day. Fawn R. Sharp, President of the NCAI. Fawn R. Sharp serves […]

Native American Heritage Month Spotlight Dat So La Lee

  This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next 30 days we will present a brief biography a day. Dat so- La-Lee, given name, Dabuda (1829–1925) is now thought […]

Native American Heritage Spotlight Maria Tallchief

This month, in celebration of Native American Heritage Month, we will be highlighting some of the many remarkable contributors to Indian country. In no way is this list comprehensive or extensive. For the next 30 days we will present a brief biography a day. Maria Tallchief (1925-2013) was a revolutionary American ballerina who broke barriers […]