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This category includes Native Americans in the United States who are activists for various causes. For activists on behalf of the rights of Native Americans, see Category:Activists for Native American rights .
Annie Mae Aquash (Mi'kmaq name Naguset Eask) (March 27, 1945 – mid-December 1975 [1] [2]) was a First Nations activist and Mi'kmaq tribal member from Nova Scotia, Canada. . Aquash moved to Boston in the 1960s and joined other First Nations and Indigenous Americans focused on education, resistance, and police brutality against urban Indigenous peo
Lyda Conley (1874–1946), Wyandot activist and first Native American woman admitted to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court [25] Crystalyne Curley, first female speaker of the Navajo Nation Council [26] Ada Deer (1935–2023), Menominee activist and the first Native American woman to head the Bureau of Indian Affairs [27]
A Native American activist who claims ancestry from the same Virginia tribe as Pocahontas, the Pamunkey indigenous group, is not an enrolled member of the nation, according to the group’s former ...
Wilbur spoke with Business Insider about her project, her photos, and the importance of agency in Native American representation. Take a look at Wilbur's powerful portraits.
While sympathetic toward Native Americans and expressing regret over the past, most people had only a vague understanding of the problems facing Native Americans today. For their part, Native Americans told researchers that they believed they continued to face prejudice and mistreatment in the broader society. [13]
Native American activism Ramona Bennett (born August 23, 1938) [ 1 ] is an American Puyallup leader and activist who was involved in the 1960s and 1970s Fish Wars of the US Pacific Northwest and in tribal sovereignty.
This category is for people of any ancestry who have worked to secure civil and human rights for Native Americans. For Native American individuals who are activists, regardless of the issue/s they are focused on, see Category:Native American activists.