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Chief Logan: c. 1725–1780 1770s Mingo: Mingo chief who took part in Lord Dunmore's War. Lozen: c. 1840 – after 1887 1840s–1880s Apache: Sister of Chihenne-Chiricahua Apache chief Vittorio, Lozen was a prominent prophet and warrior against Mexican incursions into the southwest United States. Neolin: fl. 1761–1763 1760s Lenni-Lanape
Cynthia Ann Parker, Naduah, Narua, or Preloch [7] (Comanche: Na'ura, IPA, lit. ' Was found '; [8] October 28, 1827 [nb 1] – March 1871), [1] was a woman who was captured, aged around nine, by a Comanche band during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, where several of her relatives were killed.
LaDonna Harris, Comanche president of Americans for Indian Opportunity; Ernestine Hayes (Tlingit, born 1945), memoirist; Robbie Hedges, first elected woman chief of the Peoria tribe; Rosella Hightower, Choctaw-Shawnee Tribe, born 1920, ballerina; Joan Hill (Muscogee (Creek) Nation/Cherokee, 1930–2020), painter
The Choctaw name for cannibal was "Atakapa" which was the western most band of the Karankawa Texas Indian group. The first person to document the Karankawa's cannibalism was French Jean Baptiste Talon who lived as a captive among the tribe for several years who stated in 1689:
The Principal Chief was elected by the National Council, which was the legislature of the Nation. The Cherokee Nation–West adopted a similar constitution in 1833. In 1839 most of the reunited nation was reunited in Indian Territory, after forced removal from the Southeast. There they adopted one constitution.
According to the Texas Highways, these are 20 city names that are most ... Recognized as "the oldest town in Texas," Nacogdoches derived its name from a Caddo Indian tribe. ... The Pioneer Woman.
Peta Nocona chose his wife from among the members of the Nokoni band. He led his tribe during the extensive Indian Wars in Texas, from the late 1840s until the 1860s, as the United States tried to suppress his people. He was the son of the Quahadi Comanche chief Iron Jacket.
Billie chaired during an expansion of Indian gaming and time of increased tribal wealth and economic development. 2003 [ 20 ] –2011: [ 21 ] Mitchell Cypress 2011–2016: [ 22 ] Jim Billie , re-elected and again removed by Seminole Tribal Council in a unanimous vote (4–0) on account of "various issues with policies and procedures of the ...