Native American Women

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Kimberly M. BlaeserA Native American poet and writer of mixed German and Anishinaabe descent, Kimberly Blaeser is the Wisconsin Poet Laureate. Born in 1955 in Billings, Montana, she is an enrolled tribal member, and grew up on the White Earth reservation.

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Mary Good Road Red CloudBorn into the Bad Face Band of the Oglala Lakota tribe, at Lakota Territory in 1835. Her parents were Hollow Bear and Good Owl. She was known as Pretty Woman and Pretty Owl. She became known as Mary Good Road once Red Cloud and Pretty Owl, converted to Christianity in their later years.
Pretty Owl had a big influence in Red Clouds decisions,when the Indian agent or officials wanted something of Red Cloud, they went to his wife Pretty Owl. She also had an influence on her husband in political matters.
She died in 1940 at the age of 105.

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SpiderGuaba Guarikoku, Spider walking on the Earth, was the name given to Spider by her Guardian Spirit on her first vision quest. This name reflects her life path of reconnecting the Web of Life through the teachings of Earth Wisdom.
Spider is a teacher of Medicine Wheel Wisdom. The Medicine Wheel is a sacred Spirit connection that teaches a way of living in balance with MotherEarth, a way of honoring All Our Relations through ceremony and a way of healing ourselves through walking on our foundation of truth.

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Audrey ShenandoahAudrey Shenandoah was a leader on the Onondaga Nation, as well as, an internationally known writer, teacher and adviser to the United Nations.

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Joy HarjoJoy Harjo was born in 1951 in Tulsa, Oklahoma to Native American and Canadian ancestry. Strongly influenced by her Muskogee Creek heritage, feminist and social concerns, and her background in the arts, Harjo frequently incorporates Native American myths, symbols, and values into her writing. Her poetry tends to emphasize the Southwest landscape and need for remembrance and transcendence.

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Dawn Kelly AllenDawn Kelly Allen (Euchee/Quapaw/Cherokee) was one of the first women inducted to the American Indian Hall of Fame in 1995. She was a women’s single, double and mixed double champion in the National North American Indian Tennis Championships; as well as a single and double champion in the Worlds Fair All-Indian Tennis Tournament, the Arizona Indian Tennis Tournament and the Creek Nation Indian Tennis Tournament.

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Ella Cara DeloriaElla Cara Deloria (1889–1971), was an educator, anthropologist, ethnographer, linguist, and novelist. She recorded Sioux history and legends, and in the 1940's wrote a novel, Waterlily, finally published in 1988. Deloria was born in the White Swan district of the Yankton Indian Reservation, South Dakota.

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Ingrid WashinawatokIngrid Washinawatok (also known as Flying Eagle Woman) 1957-1999 was an internationally-known member of the Menominee Nation of upper Wisconsin. She was murdered by FARC guerrillas in Colombia. At the time of her death she was forty-one years old.
Washinawatok was an award-winning lecturer who spoke worldwide on behalf of the rights of Indigenous Peoples. She co-produced the film documentary, Warrior. She was the recipient of numerous awards from the Native American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and African American communities.

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Misty UphamMisty Upham was born on July 6, 1982, in Kalispell, Montana, and raised in Auburn, Washington, about 28 miles south of Seattle. She was a Native American actor, and member of the Blackfeet Nation.
Upham's film credits include Expiration Date, Edge of America, Skins, Frozen River, and Skinwalkers.
On October 16, 2014, Misty Upham's body was found by a small search party organized by her family and other members of the Muckleshoot Tribe. She was found at the bottom of a cliff in a wooded area, just a short distance from where the family had previously searched.

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Tonantzin CarmeloTonantzín Carmelo is an American actress. She is also a traditional Aztec dancer and pre-Columbian musician, recording 3 CDs with Canyon Records. She is an Emerging Voice with the California Indian Storytellers Association and a mentor for the Native Voices Youth Playwright Project.

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Patty TalahongvaPatty Talahongva, vice president of the Native American Journalists Association, is the first Native American to host national news program , Village America. She has produced TV newscasts, documentaries, and special projects for television, plus she writes for various national newspapers and magazines and contributes to the national radio talk show, "Native America Calling."

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Diane Joyce HumetewaDiane Joyce Humetewa is a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona and was the United States Attorney for the District of Arizona, serving in that position from December 2007 to August 2009.