Native American Women in History
Native American Women's History: resources for reading and research on individual "Indian" women.
Sarah Winnemucca Quotes
Quotes by Sarah Winnemucca - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Quotes by Sarah Winnemucca - part of an extensive collection of quotations by notable women.
Queen Lili'uokalani
A biography of Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawaii
A biography of Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawaii
Sarah Winnemucca Quotes
Select quotes from Sarah Winnemucca, 19th century Native American speaker and activist.
Select quotes from Sarah Winnemucca, 19th century Native American speaker and activist.
Lili'uokalani: Hawaii's Last Queen
A PBS "American Experience" film. On this companion website you'll find a timeline, a quiz, articles on Queen Lili'uokalani and the film, a bibliography, the program transcript and a teacher's guide.
A PBS "American Experience" film. On this companion website you'll find a timeline, a quiz, articles on Queen Lili'uokalani and the film, a bibliography, the program transcript and a teacher's guide.
La Malinche - Harlot or Heroine?
Doņa 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."
Doņa 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."
Wilma Mankiller
From the National Women's Hall of Fame, a biography of 1993 inductee Wilma Mankiller, Native American leader and feminist.
From the National Women's Hall of Fame, a biography of 1993 inductee Wilma Mankiller, Native American leader and feminist.
Ndee: The Children of Changing Woman
Profiles of individual Apache women, from an on online exhibit about Apache women, curated by Ernestine Cody, herself a Western Apachean woman.
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
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.
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.
Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina
A chapter from Maria Tallchief's autobiography, accompanying a 1997 review by Laura Jacobs.
A chapter from Maria Tallchief's autobiography, accompanying a 1997 review by Laura Jacobs.
Nancy Ward
(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.
(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.
Zitkala-Sa: Impressions of an Indian Childhood
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).
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).