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Also Known As Sealth
Born c.1790 • Oregon Country • Washington
Died June 7, 1866
Horatio Hale
American anthropologist
John Reed Swanton
American anthropologist
Ely S. Parker
United States government official
Little Wolf
Cheyenne chief
Oscar Howe
American artist
Francisco Garcés
Spanish missionary
Little Crow
Sioux leader
Black Kettle
Cheyenne chief
Dragging-Canoe
Cherokee chieftain
Captain Jack
Modoc subchief
Uncas
Mohegan chief
Satanta
Native American leader
Sassacus
Pequot chief
Opechancanough
American Indian chief
Big Bear
Cree chief
Sitanka
Miniconjou Lakota chief
Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich
American author
Jeffrey Gibson
Jeffrey Gibson
American multidisciplinary artist
Tommy Prince
Canadian soldier and Indigenous rights advocate
Layli Long Soldier
Layli Long Soldier
American poet