Native American Women in History

A biography of Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawaii

Wilma Mankiller biography - profile of Wilma Mankiller, first woman Cherokee chief.

Quotes by Wilma Mankiller - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.

Sarah Winnemucca biography, a profile of the Native American woman who worked for the rights of her people.

Doña Marina, La Malinche, was an Aztec slave of the Spaniards under Cortes. Of noble origins, she served as interpreter for Cortes, and has been reviled since as a traitor to her people. This article credits her as a heroine, instead, helping "save Mexico from its brutal, blood-thirsty rulers."

Profiles of individual Apache women, from an on online exhibit about Apache women, curated by Ernestine Cody, herself a Western Apachean woman.

Buffy Sainte-Marie is a guitarist and singer who popularized protest songs in the 1960s about Native American conditions and history. During her son's childhood the two appeared on Sesame Street. She has worked for indiginous peoples' rights including Indian women's issues.

(Nan'yehi) A recognized leader of the Cherokee people, she worked against encroachment on Indian lands whether by treaty or purchase while her adoption of European weaving and dairy farming brough far-reaching cultural change.

A first person account, originally published in Atlantic Monthly in 1900. Part of a larger collection (scroll to the bottom for Zitakala-Sa's works).