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Bowdash, Kootenai two-spirit warrior. Beth Brant (born 1941), Bay of Quinte Mohawk. Mary Brant, Mohawk leader. Mary Brave Bird (1953–2013), Brulé Lakota writer and activist [12] Bras Piqué, Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them. Ignatia Broker (1919–1987), Ojibwa writer.
The name's popularity grew in the 1990s in the United States. It was among the top 100 most popular boy names from 1993 to 2001, reaching its peak at number 56 in 1995. [5] Since 2010, it has been slightly more frequently given to girls. As of 2021, it was the 270th most common girl name and the 344th most common boy name. [5]
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Sacagawea (/ ˌ s æ k ə dʒ ə ˈ w iː ə / SAK-ə-jə-WEE-ə or / s ə ˌ k ɒ ɡ ə ˈ w eɪ ə / sə-KOG-ə-WAY-ə; [1] also spelled Sakakawea or Sacajawea; May c. 1788 – December 20, 1812) [2] [3] [4] was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who, in her teens, helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition in achieving their chartered mission objectives by exploring the Louisiana Territory.
Native Americans in the United States fall into several distinct ethnolinguistic and territorial phyla, with diverse governmental and economic systems. They can be classified as belonging to several large cultural areas: Contiguous United States. Californian tribes (Northern): Yok-Utian, Pacific Coast Athabaskan, Coast Miwok, Yurok, Palaihnihan ...
Feminine given names. Given names derived from animals. Given names derived from birds. Given names derived from colors. Compound given names. Given names derived from fabrics. Given names derived from gemstones. Given names derived from holidays. Given names derived from musical terms.
Umatilla, multiple places named for the Umatilla people. Umpqua, multiple places named for the Umpqua people. Willamette, multiple places from the Clackamas name for the Columbia River. Yachats / Yachats River, uncertain origin. Yamhill, multiple places named for a band of the Kalapuya people.
From the time of its foundation, it offered the first classes for Native American girls, and would later offer classes for female African American slaves and free women of color. An 1882 studio portrait of the last three surviving Six Nations warriors who fought with the British in the War of 1812 ; John Smoke Johnson , a Mohawk leader in ...