Native American Women in History

Kateri Tekakwitha @ Pocahontas (12) Edmonia Lewis @ Sacagawea (16)

Sarah Winnemucca Quotes

Select quotes from Sarah Winnemucca, 19th century Native American speaker and activist.

Queen Lili'uokalani

A biography of Queen Lili'uokalani of Hawaii

La Malinche - Harlot or Heroine?

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."

Wilma Mankiller

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.

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.

Maria Tallchief: America's Prima Ballerina

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.

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).