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Indigenous peoples of the Americas In the Americas, Indigenous peoples comprise the two continents' pre-Columbian inhabitants, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with them in the 15th century, as well as the ethnic groups that identify with the pre-Columbian population of ...

. This list includes

author In legal discourse, an author is the creator of an original work that has been published, whether that work exists in written, graphic, visual, or recorded form. The act of creating such a work is referred to as authorship. Therefore, a sculpt ...

s who are Alaskan Native, American Indian,

First Nations First nations are indigenous settlers or bands. First Nations, first nations, or first peoples may also refer to: Indigenous groups *List of Indigenous peoples *First Nations in Canada, Indigenous peoples of Canada who are neither Inuit nor Mé ...

Inuit Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labrador, Quebec, Nunavut, the Northwe ...

Métis The Métis ( , , , ) are a mixed-race Indigenous people whose historical homelands include Canada's three Prairie Provinces extending into parts of Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and the northwest United States. They ha ...

, and

Indigenous peoples of Mexico Indigenous peoples of Mexico (), Native Mexicans () or Mexican Native Americans (), are those who are part of communities that trace their roots back to populations and communities that existed in what is now Mexico before the arrival of Europe ...

, the Caribbean, Central America, and

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, as defined by the citizens of these Indigenous nations and tribes. While Indigenous identity can at times be complex, inclusion in this list is based upon reliably-sourced citizenship in an Indigenous nation, based upon the legal definitions of, and recognition by, the relevant Indigenous community claimed by the individual. They must be documented as being claimed by that community. Writers such as Forrest Carter, Ward Churchill, Jamake Highwater, Joseph Boyden and Grey Owl, whose claims of Indigenous American descent have been factually disproved through genealogical research, are not included in this list.

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* Louise Abeita, Isleta Pueblo, 1926–2014 * Janice Acoose, Sakimay (

Saulteaux The Saulteaux (pronounced , or in imitation of the French pronunciation , also written Salteaux, Saulteau and Ojibwa ethnonyms, other variants), otherwise known as the Plains Ojibwe, are a First Nations in Canada, First Nations band governm ...

) First Nation-

, Canada, 1954–2020 * Evan Adams, Sliammon First Nation

Coast Salish The Coast Salish peoples are a group of ethnically and linguistically related Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, living in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. states of Washington and Oregon. They speak on ...

, Canada, b. 1966 * Howard Adams,

, Canada, 1921–2001 * Freda Ahenakew, Ahtahkakoop Cree, Canada, 1932–2011 * Humberto Ak'ab'al, K'iche' Maya,

Guatemala Guatemala, officially the Republic of Guatemala, is a country in Central America. It is bordered to the north and west by Mexico, to the northeast by Belize, to the east by Honduras, and to the southeast by El Salvador. It is hydrologically b ...

, 1952–2019 * Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm, Nawash Chippewa, Canada, b. 1965 * Clarence Alexander, Gwichyaa Zhee Corporation Gwich’in, b. 1939 * Robert Arthur Alexie, Gwich'in, Canada, 1957–2014New 311Sigafus and Ernst * Sherman Alexie,

Spokane Spokane ( ) is the most populous city in eastern Washington and the county seat of Spokane County, Washington, United States. It lies along the Spokane River, adjacent to the Selkirk Mountains, and west of the Rocky Mountain foothills, south ...

/ Coeur d'Alene, b. 1966 * Gerald Taiaiake Alfred, Kahnawake Mohawk, Canada, b. 1964 * Elsie Allen, Cloverdale Pomo, 1899–1990 * Minerva Allen, Assiniboine, 1934–2024 * Paula Gunn Allen, Laguna Pueblo descent, 1939–2008 * Fernando de Alva Cortés Ixtlilxochitl, Texcocan,

Mexico Mexico, officially the United Mexican States, is a country in North America. It is the northernmost country in Latin America, and borders the United States to the north, and Guatemala and Belize to the southeast; while having maritime boundar ...

, ca. 1570–1648 * Irma Alvarez Ccoscco, Quechua,

Peru Peru, officially the Republic of Peru, is a country in western South America. It is bordered in the north by Ecuador and Colombia, in the east by Brazil, in the southeast by Bolivia, in the south by Chile, and in the south and west by the Pac ...

, b. 1980 * Arthur Amiotte,

Oglala Lakota The Oglala (pronounced , meaning 'to scatter one's own' in Lakota language, Lakota) are one of the seven subtribes of the Lakota people who, along with the Dakota people, Dakota, make up the Sioux, Očhéthi Šakówiŋ (Seven Council Fires). A ...

, b. 1942 * Ch'aska Anka Ninawaman, Quechua,

, b. 1973 * William Apess,

Pequot The Pequot ( ) are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of Connecticut. The modern Pequot are members of the federally recognized Mashantucket Pequot Tribe, four other state-recognized groups in Connecticut includin ...

, 1798–1839 * Annette Arkeketa, Otoe-Missouria/

Muscogee The Muscogee, also known as the Mvskoke, Muscogee Creek or just Creek, and the Muscogee Creek Confederacy ( in the Muscogee language; English: ), are a group of related Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands Here they waged war again ...

* Jeannette C. Armstrong, Penticton Indian Band ( Okanagan),

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

, b. 1948 * José María Arguedas,

Mestizo ( , ; fem. , literally 'mixed person') is a term primarily used to denote people of mixed European and Indigenous ancestry in the former Spanish Empire. In certain regions such as Latin America, it may also refer to people who are culturall ...

of Quechua-descent, Peru, 1911–1969 * Joan Tavares Avant, Mashpee Wampanoag, b. 1940

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* Joséphine Bacon,

Innu The Innu/Ilnu ('man, person'), formerly called Montagnais (French for ' mountain people'; ), are the Indigenous Canadians who inhabit northeastern Labrador in present-day Newfoundland and Labrador and some portions of Quebec. They refer to ...

, Québec, Canada, b.1947 * Marie Annharte Baker, Little Saskatchewan Ojibway, Canada, b. 1942 *

Dennis Banks Dennis J. Banks (April 12, 1937 – October 29, 2017) was a Native American activist, teacher, and author. He was a longtime leader of the American Indian Movement, which he co-founded in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 to represent urban Indian ...

, Leech Lake Ojibwe, 1937–2017 * Keith Barker, Métis, Canada * Jim Barnes, Choctaw Nation descent, b. 1933,McClinton-Temple and Velie 26 Poet Laureate of Oklahoma, 2009 * James Bartleman, Chippewas of Rama First Nation, Canada, b. 1939 * Tara Beagan, Nlakaʼpamux, Canada * Glecia Bear,

Cree The Cree, or nehinaw (, ), are a Indigenous peoples of the Americas, North American Indigenous people, numbering more than 350,000 in Canada, where they form one of the country's largest First Nations in Canada, First Nations. They live prim ...

, Canada, 1912–1998 * Shane Belcourt,

, Canada, b. 1972 * Diane E. Benson, Tlingit, b. 1954 * Gertrude Bernard ( Anahareo), Mohawk, Canada, 1906–1986 * Brandi Bird, Saulteaux/Cree/Métis, Canada * Gloria Bird,

, b. 1951 * Sandra Birdsell,

, Canada, b. 1942 * Andrew Blackbird,

Odawa The Odawa (also Ottawa or Odaawaa ) are an Indigenous North American people who primarily inhabit land in the Eastern Woodlands region, now in jurisdictions of the northeastern United States and southeastern Canada. Their territory long prec ...

, ca. 1815–1908 * Ned Blackhawk, Te-Moak Shoshone * Governor Blacksnake (Thaonawyuthe/Chainbreaker), Seneca, c. 1760–1859 * Peter Blue Cloud, Mohawk, 1935–2011 * Buffalo Bird Woman ( Maxidiwiac), Hidatsa, ca. 1839–1932 * Sherwin Bitsui,

Navajo The Navajo or Diné are an Indigenous people of the Southwestern United States. Their traditional language is Diné bizaad, a Southern Athabascan language. The states with the largest Diné populations are Arizona (140,263) and New Mexico (1 ...

, b. 1975 * Kimberly M. Blaeser, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1955 * Peter Blue Cloud, Mohawk, b. 1935McClinton-Temple and Velie 247 * Selina Boan, Cree, Canada * Columpa Bobb, Tsleil Waututh/

Nlaka'pamux The Nlakaʼpamux or Nlakapamuk ( ; ), also previously known as the ''Thompson'', '' Thompson River Salish'', ''Thompson Salish'', ''Thompson River Indians'' or ''Thompson River people'', and historically as the ''Klackarpun'', ''Haukamaugh'', ''K ...

, Canada, b. 1971 * Elias Boudinot,

Cherokee The Cherokee (; , or ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States. Prior to the 18th century, they were concentrated in their homelands, in towns along river valleys of what is now southwestern ...

, 1740–1821, first Native American novelist (''Poor Sarah'', 1823) * Beth Brant, Bay of Quinte Mohawk, 1941–2015 * Mary Brave Bird,

Sicangu Lakota The Sicangu are one of the seven ''oyates'', nations or council fires, of Lakota people, an Indigenous people of the Northern Plains. Today, many Sicangu people are enrolled citizens of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of the Rosebud Indian Reservation a ...

,Porter and Roemer 136 1953–2013 * Ignatia Broker, Ottertail Pillager Band

Ojibwe The Ojibwe (; Ojibwe writing systems#Ojibwe syllabics, syll.: ᐅᒋᐺ; plural: ''Ojibweg'' ᐅᒋᐺᒃ) are an Anishinaabe people whose homeland (''Ojibwewaki'' ᐅᒋᐺᐘᑭ) covers much of the Great Lakes region and the Great Plains, n ...

, United States, 1919–1987 * Emily Ticasuk Ivanoff Brown,

Inuk Inuit (singular: Inuk) are a group of culturally and historically similar Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous peoples traditionally inhabiting the Arctic and Subarctic regions of North America and Russia, including Greenland, Labr ...

, (1904–1982) * Vee F. Browne,

, b. 1956 * Joseph Bruchac, Nulhegan Band, b. 1942 * Louis F. Burns ( Hulah Hihekah),

Osage Nation The Osage Nation ( ) () is a Midwestern Native American nation of the Great Plains. The tribe began in the Ohio and Mississippi river valleys around 1620 A.D along with other groups of its language family, then migrated west in the 17th cen ...

, 1920–2012 * Frank Christopher Busch,

, Canada * Jodi Byrd, Chickasaw Nation, United States

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* Cody Caetano, Pinaymootang Ojibway * Gregory Cajete, Santa Clara Pueblo * Cristina Calderón, Yaghan,

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in western South America. It is the southernmost country in the world and the closest to Antarctica, stretching along a narrow strip of land between the Andes, Andes Mountains and the Paci ...

, 1928–2022, last speaker of the Yaghan language * Victoria Belcourt Callihoo, 1861–1966,

historian * Adela Calva Reyes, Otomí, Mexico, 1967–2018 * Maria Campbell,

, Canada, b. 1940 * Nicola Campbell,

Interior Salish The Interior Salish languages are one of the two main branches of the Salishan language family, the other being Coast Salish. It can be further divided into Northern and Southern subbranches. The first Interior Salish people encountered by Ameri ...

Nleʔkepmx, Canada * Rob Capriccioso, Sault Ste. Marie Chippewa * Cliff Cardinal, Cree/

Lakota Lakota may refer to: *Lakota people, a confederation of seven related Native American tribes *Lakota language Lakota ( ), also referred to as Lakhota, Teton or Teton Sioux, is a Siouan languages, Siouan language spoken by the Lakota people of ...

* Harold Cardinal,

, 1945–2005 * Pedro Cayuqueo,

Mapuche The Mapuche ( , ) also known as Araucanians are a group of Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous inhabitants of south-central Chile and southwestern Argentina, including parts of Patagonia. The collective term refers to a wide-ranging e ...

, Chile, b. 1975 * Aaron Albert Carr, Laguna Pueblo/

, b. 1963 * Marisol Ceh Moo,

Maya Maya may refer to: Ethnic groups * Maya peoples, of southern Mexico and northern Central America ** Maya civilization, the historical civilization of the Maya peoples ** Mayan languages, the languages of the Maya peoples * Maya (East Africa), a p ...

, Mexico, b. 1968 * Betsey Guppy Chamberlain, Wabanaki, ca. 1797–1886 * Dean Chavers, Lumbee, b. 1942 * Shirley Cheechoo,

, Canada, b. 1952 * Elicura Chihuailaf Nahuelpán,

, Chile * Eddie Chuculate, Muscogee (Creek) Nation/

, b. 1978 * Marie Clements,

, Canada, b. 1962 * Susan Clements, Seneca/ Mohawk-descent, United States, b. 1950 * George Clutesi, Tseshaht First Nation, Canada, 1905–1988 * Jacinto Collahuazo, Quechua,

Ecuador Ecuador, officially the Republic of Ecuador, is a country in northwestern South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and the Pacific Ocean on the west. It also includes the Galápagos Province which contain ...

* Thomas Commuck, Narragansett, 1805–1855 *

Robert J. Conley Robert J. Conley (December 29, 1940 – February 16, 2014) was a Cherokee author. In 2007, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Native Writers' Circle of the Americas. Conley was born in Cushing, Oklahoma on December 29, 1940. He wa ...

Cherokee Nation The Cherokee Nation ( or ) is the largest of three list of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the Cherokee Nation (1794–1907), Old Cheroke ...

, 1940–2014 * Pascual Coña,

, Chile, late 1840s–1927 * Ivonne Coñuecar,

, Chile, b. 1980 *

Elizabeth Cook-Lynn Elizabeth Cook-Lynn (born Elizabeth Irving, November 17, 1930 – July 5, 2023) was a Native American editor, essayist, poet, and novelist. She was considered to be outspoken in her views about Native American politics, particularly in regards t ...

Crow Creek Lakota The Crow Creek Indian Reservation (, '), home to Crow Creek Sioux Tribe ( or Húŋkpathi Oyáte) is located in parts of Buffalo County, South Dakota, Buffalo, Hughes County, South Dakota, Hughes, and Hyde County, South Dakota, Hyde counties on ...

, b. 1930 * Linda Coombs, Aquinnah Wampanoag * George Copway, Mississauga Ojibwa, Canada,Porter and Roemer 51 1818–1869 * Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca, 1889–1957 * Rupert Costo, Cahuilla, 1906–1989 * Caleigh Crow, Métis, Canada * Leonard Crow Dog,

, 1942–2021 *

Briceida Cuevas Briceida Cuevas, also known as Briceida Cuevas Cob (born Tepakán, Calkiní, Campeche, Mexico, July 12, 1969) is a Mayan people, Mayan poet. She writes poems about everyday life in Yucatec Maya language, Yucatec Maya, many of which have been trans ...

, Mexico, b. 1969 * David Cusick, Seneca, ca. 1780–ca. 1831

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* Joseph A. Dandurand, Kwantlen First Nation, Canada * Jenny L. Davis, Chickasaw Nation, United States * Nora Marks Dauenhauer, Tlingit, 1927–2017 * Garcilaso de la Vega, 1539–1616,

/ Quechua descent, Peru * Nora Thompson Dean, Touching Leaves Woman, Delaware Tribe of Indians, 1907–1984 * Philip J. Deloria, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe * Ella Cara Deloria,

Yankton Dakota The Dakota (pronounced , or ) are a Native American tribe and First Nations band government in North America. They compose two of the three main subcultures of the Sioux people, and are typically divided into the Eastern Dakota and the Wester ...

/ Standing Rock Sioux, 1889–1971 * Vine Deloria, Jr.,

/ Standing Rock Sioux, 1933–2005 * Bonnie Devine, Serpent River First Nation, Canada *

Cherie Dimaline Cherie Dimaline () is a writer and a member of the Georgian Bay Métis Council of the Métis Nation of Ontario. She is most notable for her 2017 young adult novel '' The Marrow Thieves'', which explores the continued colonial exploitation of I ...

, Métis, Canada * Edward Dozier, Santa Clara Pueblo, 1916–1971 * Dawn Dumont, Okanese First Nation, Canada, b. 1973/1974 * Yves Sioui Durand,

Huron-Wendat Nation The Huron-Wendat Nation (or Huron-Wendat First Nation) is an Iroquoian-speaking nation that was established in the 17th century. In the French language, used by most members of the First Nation, they are known as the . The French gave the nickn ...

, Canada, b. 1951

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Charles Eastman Charles Alexander Eastman (February 19, 1858 – January 8, 1939, born Hakadah and later named Ohíye S'a, sometimes written Ohiyesa) was an American physician, writer, and social reformer. He was among the first Native Americans to be certifie ...

( Hakadah, Ohiyesa), Santee Dakota, 1858–1939 * Tommy Enuaraq,

, Canada * Heid E. Erdrich, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, b. 1963 * Louise Erdrich, Turtle Mountain Ojibwe, b. 1954

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* Stephanie Fielding, Mohegan * Connie Fife,

* Waawaate Fobister, Grassy Meadows First Nation, Canada * Naomi Fontaine,

, Canada * Natasha Kanapé Fontaine, Innu, Canada * Lee Francis III, Laguna Pueblo descent, 1945–2003 * Vera Francis,

Passamaquoddy The Passamaquoddy (Maliseet-Passamaquoddy language, Passamaquoddy: ''Peskotomuhkati'', Plural: ''Peskotomuhkatiyik'') are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American/First Nations in Canada, First Nations people who live in northea ...

, b. 1958 * Alice Masak French, Inuk, Canada, 1930–2013

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* Eric Gansworth, Onondaga * Garcilaso de la Vega (El Inca), Quechua, Peru, 1539–1616, first published in 1609 * Andrew George, Jr., Wet'suwet'en First Nation, Canada, b. 1963 * Janice Gould,

Maidu The Maidu are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada (U.S.), Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather River, Feather and American River, American ...

/ Koyangk'auwi, 1949–2019 * George R. D. Goulet,

, Canada, b. 1933 * Fred Grove,

, 1913–2008 * Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala, Quechua, Peru, ca. 1535–after 1616

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* Janet Campbell Hale, Coeur d'Alene- Kootenay, 1946–2021 * Terri Crawford Hansen, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, b. 1953 * Ann Meekitjuk Hanson,

, Canada, b. 1946 * Joy Harjo, Mvskoke, b. 1951 * Suzan Shown Harjo, Mvskoke/ Southern Cheyenne * LaDonna Harris, Comanche * Ernestine Hayes, Tlingit, b. 1945 * Dakota Ray Hebert,

Dene The Dene people () are an Indigenous group of First Nations who inhabit the northern boreal, subarctic and Arctic regions of Canada. The Dene speak Northern Athabaskan languages and it is the common Athabaskan word for "people". The term ...

* James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson,

Chickasaw The Chickasaw ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Southeastern Woodlands, United States. Their traditional territory was in northern Mississippi, northwestern and northern Alabama, western Tennessee and southwestern Kentucky. Their language is ...

Cheyenne The Cheyenne ( ) are an Indigenous people of the Great Plains. The Cheyenne comprise two Native American tribes, the Só'taeo'o or Só'taétaneo'o (more commonly spelled as Suhtai or Sutaio) and the (also spelled Tsitsistas, The term for th ...

, b. 1944 * Gordon Henry, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1955 * Natalio Hernández, Nahua, Mexico, b. 1947 * Hen-Toh (Bertrand N. O. Walker), Wyandotte, 1870–1927 * Vi Hilbert, Upper Skagit, 1918–2008 * Carol Anne Hilton Hesquiaht/

Nuu-chah-nulth The Nuu-chah-nulth ( ; ), also formerly referred to as the Nootka, Nutka, Aht, Nuuchahnulth or Tahkaht, are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast in Canada. The term Nuu-chah-nulth is used to describe fifteen related tri ...

, Canada * Tomson Highway,

, Canada, b. 1951 * Linda Hogan, Chickasaw Nation, b. 1947 * Andrew Hope III, Tlingit, 1949–2008 * John Christian Hopkins, Narragansett, b. 1960 * George Horse-Capture,

Gros Ventre The Gros Ventre ( , ; meaning 'big belly'), also known as the A'aninin, Atsina, or White Clay, are a historically Algonquian-speaking Native American tribe located in northcentral Montana. Today, the Gros Ventre people are enrolled in the Fort ...

, 1937–2013 * Robert Houle,

, Canada, b. 1947 * LeAnne Howe,

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (Choctaw language, Choctaw: ''Chahta Okla'') is a Indian reservation, Native American reservation occupying portions of southeastern Oklahoma in the United States. At roughly , it is the second-largest reservation ...

, b. 1951 * Ralph Hubbard, Seneca, 1885–1980 * Graciela Huinao,

Huilliche The Huilliche (), Huiliche or Huilliche-Mapuche are the southern partiality of the Mapuche macroethnic group in Chile and Argentina. Located in the Zona Sur, they inhabit both Futahuillimapu ("great land of the south") and, as the Cunco or Ve ...

, Chile, b. 1956 * Beverly Hungry Wolf,

Blackfoot Confederacy The Blackfoot Confederacy, ''Niitsitapi'', or ''Siksikaitsitapi'' (ᖹᐟᒧᐧᒣᑯ, meaning "the people" or "Blackfoot language, Blackfoot-speaking real people"), is a historic collective name for linguistically related groups that make up ...

, Canada, b. 1950 * Al Hunter, Rainy River Ojibwe, Canada

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* Alootook Ipellie,

, Canada, 1951–2007 * Peter Irniq,

, Canada, b. 1947 * Madeline Ivalu,

, Canada

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Michel Jean Michel Jean is a Canadian television journalist and author. He was the weekend anchor of ''TVA Nouvelles'' on TVA until retiring from the network in 2024, and was formerly an anchor on TVA's newsmagazine ''JE'' and for the 24-hour news channel ...

, Québec, Canada * Paulla Dove Jennings, Narragansett * Rita Joe,

Mi'kmaq The Mi'kmaq (also ''Mi'gmaq'', ''Lnu'', ''Mi'kmaw'' or ''Mi'gmaw''; ; , and formerly Micmac) are an Indigenous group of people of the Northeastern Woodlands, native to the areas of Canada's Atlantic Provinces, primarily Nova Scotia, New Bru ...

, Canada, 1932–2007 * Jessica Johns,

, Canada * Emily Pauline Johnson ( Tekahionwake), Mohawk, Canada, 1861–1913 * Aviaq Johnston, Inuk, Canada * Basil H. Johnston, Wasauksing Ojibway, Canada, 1929–2015 * Stephen Graham Jones, Blackfeet Tribe, b. 1972 * William Jones, Sac and Fox Nation, 1871–1909 * Edith Josie, Gwich'in, Canada, 1921–2010 * Hugo Jamioy Juagibioy, Kamentsa, Colombia * Betty Mae Tiger Jumper,

Seminole Tribe of Florida The Seminole Tribe of Florida is a List of federally recognized tribes, federally recognized Seminole tribe based in the U.S. state of Florida. Together with the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma and the Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, it is ...

, April 27, 1923 – January 14, 2011 * Daniel Heath Justice,

, Canada

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* Peter Kalifornsky, Dena'ina, 1911–1993 * Joan Kane, Iñupiaq * Margo Kane,

, Canada, b. 1951 * An Antane-Kapesh,

, Québec, Canada, 1926-2004 * Jacqueline Keeler,

Navajo Nation The Navajo Nation (), also known as Navajoland, is an Indian reservation of Navajo people in the United States. It occupies portions of northeastern Arizona, northwestern New Mexico, and southeastern Utah. The seat of government is located in ...

citizen /

descent * Maude Kegg, Mille Lacs Ojibwe, 1904–1999 * William Kennedy,

, Canada, 1814–1890 * Maurice Kenny, Mohawk, 1929–2016 * Robin Wall Kimmerer, Citizen Potawatomi Nation, b. 1953 * Jules Arita Koostachin,

, Canada * Michael Kusugak,

, Canada, b. 1948 * J. D. Kurtness,

, Québec, Canada, b. 1981

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* Francis La Flesche,

Omaha Omaha ( ) is the List of cities in Nebraska, most populous city in the U.S. state of Nebraska. It is located in the Midwestern United States along the Missouri River, about north of the mouth of the Platte River. The nation's List of United S ...

Ponca The Ponca people are a nation primarily located in the Great Plains of North America that share a common Ponca culture, history, and language, identified with two Indigenous nations: the Ponca Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma or the Ponca Tribe of ...

, 1857–1932Peyer 286 * Susette La Flesche,

, 1854–1903 * Carole Labarre,

, b. 1966Jean St-Pierre
"La romancière innue Carole Labarre honorée du prix créé par le Salon du livre de la Côte-Nord"
''Ma Côte-Nord'', April 28, 2023. * Winona LaDuke, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1959 * Carole LaFavor,

* Joseph Laurent,

Abenaki The Abenaki ( Abenaki: ''Wαpánahki'') are Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands of Canada and the United States. They are an Algonquian-speaking people and part of the Wabanaki Confederacy. The Eastern Abenaki language was pred ...

, 1839–1917 * Ronald G. Lewis,

, b. 1941 * Georgina Lightning, Sampson First Nation

, Canada * Darcie Little Badger,

Lipan Apache Lipan Apache are a band of Apache, a Southern Athabaskan languages, Southern Athabaskan Indigenous peoples of the Americas, Indigenous people, who have lived in the Oasisamerica, Southwest and Southern Plains for centuries. At the time of European ...

, b. 1987 * William Harjo LoneFight,

/ Natchez, b. 1966 * Donna M. Loring, Penobscot, b. 1948 * Kevin Loring,

, Canada"Where the Blood Mixes draws on healing power of stories"
. ''

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'', May 28, 2008. Canada * Adrian C. Louis, Lovelock Paiute, 1946–2018 * Phil Lucas,

, 1942–2007 * Henrik Lund, Kalaaleq,

Greenland Greenland is an autonomous territory in the Danish Realm, Kingdom of Denmark. It is by far the largest geographically of three constituent parts of the kingdom; the other two are metropolitan Denmark and the Faroe Islands. Citizens of Greenlan ...

, 1875–1948

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* Matthew MacKenzie, Cree/Ojibwe/Métis, Canada * Terese Marie Mailhot,

, Canada * Wilma Mankiller,

,Waldman 55 1945–2010 * Larry Spotted Crow Mann,

Nipmuc The Nipmuc or Nipmuck people are an Indigenous people of the Northeastern Woodlands, who historically spoke an Eastern Algonquian languages, Eastern Algonquian language, probably the Loup language. Their historic territory Nippenet, meaning 'the f ...

* Vera Manuel, Secwepemc, Canada/ Ktunaxa, 1949–2010 * Lee Maracle, Salish/

, Canada, 1950–2021 * Joseph M. Marshall III, Brulé Lakota, b. ca. 1946 * Henry Lorne Masta,

, 1853–unknown * John Joseph Mathews, Osage, ca. 1894–1979 * Gerald McMaster, Siksika Nation/ Red Pheasant First Nation, Canada, b. 1953 * William D'Arcy McNickle, Salish Kootenai, 1904–1977 * Joe Medicine Crow,

Crow A crow is a bird of the genus ''Corvus'', or more broadly, a synonym for all of ''Corvus''. The word "crow" is used as part of the common name of many species. The related term "raven" is not linked scientifically to any certain trait but is rathe ...

, 1913–2016 * Rigoberta Menchú, K'iché Maya,

, b. 1959 * Billy Merasty,

, Canada, b. 1960 * Edmund Metatawabin,

, Canada * Tiffany Midge, Hunkpapa Lakota, b. 1965 *

Dylan Miner Dylan Miner is an American artist and assistant professor at Michigan State University. Art As an artist, Miner has exhibited at the Institute of American Indian Arts, the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, National Museum of Me ...

-descent, Canada-

United States The United States of America (USA), also known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America. It is a federal republic of 50 U.S. state, states and a federal capital district, Washington, D.C. The 48 ...

, b. 1976 * Devon Mihesuah, Choctaw Nation, b. 1957 * Deborah A. Miranda, Esselen/ Chumash * Gabriela Mistral, Diaguita,

, 1889–1957 * Lewis Mitchell,

, 1847–1930 *

N. Scott Momaday Navarre Scotte Momaday (February 27, 1934–January 24, 2024) was a Kiowa and American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His novel ''House Made of Dawn'' was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1969 in literature, 1969, and ...

, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma, b. 1934 * Carlos Montezuma, Yavapai, 1866–1923 * Patricia Monture-Angus, Mohawk, Canada * Irvin Morris,

, b. 1958 *

Daniel David Moses Daniel David Moses (February 18, 1952 – July 13, 2020) was a Canadian poet and playwright. Moses was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and raised on a farm on the Six Nations of the Grand River near Brantford, Ontario, Canada.Colin Boyd"Daniel Davi ...

Delaware Delaware ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic and South Atlantic states, South Atlantic regions of the United States. It borders Maryland to its south and west, Pennsylvania to its north, New Jersey ...

descent, Canada, 1952–2020 * Mountain Wolf Woman,

Ho-Chunk The Ho-Chunk, also known as Hocąk, Hoocągra, or Winnebago are a Siouan languages, Siouan-speaking Native Americans in the United States, Native American people whose historic territory includes parts of Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, and Illinois ...

, 1884–1960 * Mourning Dove, Colville/ Okanagan, 1888–1936 *

Daniel Munduruku Daniel Munduruku (Belém do Pará, February 28, 1964) is a Brazilian writer and educator. He is member of the Munduruku indigenous people. His children's books deal about traditional indigenous life and tales and have been awarded several prizes. ...

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, Brazil, b. 1964 * Neddiel Muñoz Millalonco,

, Chile * James Rolfe Murie ( Skiri

Pawnee Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language: * Pawnee people * Pawnee language Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States: * Pawnee, Illinois * Pawnee, Kansas * Pawnee, Missouri * Pawnee City, Nebraska * ...

, 1862–1921)

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* Mitiarjuk Nappaaluk, Inuk, Canada * Nora Naranjo Morse, Santa Clara Pueblo, b. 1953 * David Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw, Canada, b. 1960 * Duane Niatum, Klallam, b. 1938 * Mildred Noble, Naotkamegwanning Ojibway, Canada and United States, 1921–2008 * Jim Northrup (Chibenashi), Fond du Lac Ojibwe, United States, 1943–2016 * nila northSun,

Shoshone The Shoshone or Shoshoni ( or ), also known by the endonym Newe, are an Native Americans in the United States, Indigenous people of the United States with four large cultural/linguistic divisions: * Eastern Shoshone: Wyoming * Northern Shoshon ...

/ Red Lake Ojibwe, b. 1951

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* Jean O'Brien, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1958 * Samson Occom, Mohegan, 1723–1792, the first Native American known to publish in English *

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(Little Coon or Wotkoce Okisce), 1904–1991,

, poet * Orpingalik, Netsilik Inuk, Canada * Simon J. Ortiz, Acoma Pueblo, b. 1941Porter and Roemer 155

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* Aaron Paquette,

, Canada * Arthur C. Parker, Seneca, 1881–1955 * Daniel N. Paul,

, Canada, b. 1938 * Mihku Paul, Kingsclear First Nation

Maliseet The Wolastoqiyik, (, also known as the Maliseet or Malecite () are an Algonquian-speaking First Nation of the Wabanaki Confederacy. They are the Indigenous people of the Wolastoq ( Saint John River) valley and its tributaries. Their terri ...

, Canada, b. 1958 * Elise Paschen,

"The Osage Nation will host Writers Summit."
''Osage Nation.'' Retrieved 8 July 2012. *

Markoosie Patsauq Markoosie Patsauq (ᒫᑯᓯ ᐸᑦᓴᐅᖅ; 1941 or 1942 – 2020) was a Canadian Inuit, Inuk writer from Inukjuak (Nunavik, Quebec, Québec). He is best known for ''Harpoon of the Hunter'' (ᐊᖑᓇᓱᑦᑎᐅᑉ ᓇᐅᒃᑯᑎᖓ), the first ...

, Inuk, Canada * William S. Penn,

Nez Perce The Nez Perce (; autonym in Nez Perce language: , meaning 'we, the people') are an Indigenous people of the Plateau who still live on a fraction of the lands on the southeastern Columbia River Plateau in the Pacific Northwest. This region h ...

, b. 1949 * Robert L. Perea,

/ Mexican * Amanda Peters,

* Paula Peters,

Wampanoag The Wampanoag, also rendered Wôpanâak, are a Native Americans in the United States, Native American people of the Indigenous peoples of the Northeastern Woodlands, Northeastern Woodlands currently based in southeastern Massachusetts and forme ...

* Lawrence "Pun" Plamondon", Grand Traverse Odawa-Ojibwe, b. 1946 * Peter Pitseolak, Cape Dorset

, Canada, 1902–1973 * Simon Pokagon, Pokagon Potawatomi, ca. 1830–1899 * Michelle Porter, Métis * Marie Mason Potts,

Mountain Maidu The Maidu are a Native American people of northern California. They reside in the central Sierra Nevada, in the watershed area of the Feather and American Rivers and in Humbug Valley. In Maiduan languages, ''maidu'' means "person". Local div ...

, United States, 1895–1978 * Alexander Posey, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, 1873–1908Porter and Roemer 323 * Susan Power, Standing Rock Sioux, b. 1961 * Pretty-Shield, Crow Nation, 1856–1944

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* Rachel Qitsualik-Tinsley,

, Canada * Quesalid, Kwakwaka'wakw, Canada * Taamusi Qumaq,

, Canada, 1914-1993

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* Anselmo Raguileo Lincopil,

, Chile, 1922–1992 * Avis Red Bear,

Sioux The Sioux or Oceti Sakowin ( ; Dakota/ Lakota: ) are groups of Native American tribes and First Nations people from the Great Plains of North America. The Sioux have two major linguistic divisions: the Dakota and Lakota peoples (translati ...

journalist * Chief Henry Red Eagle, (Henry Perley),

, 1885–1972 * Delphine Red Shirt,

, b. 1957 * Duke Redbird, Saugeen Ojibwe, Canada, b. 1939 * Bill Reid, Haida, Canada, 1920–1998 * Carter Revard,

, 1931–2022 * Lawney Reyes, Confederated Colville Tribes ( Sinixt), b. 1951 * Waubgeshig Rice, Wasauksing Ojibwe, Canada"Waubgeshig Rice has to tell real aboriginal stories"
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'', November 17, 2015. * Emily Riddle,

, Canada * John Rollin Ridge ( Yellow Bird),

, 1827–1867 *

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, United States, 1899–1954 * Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui, Aymara, Bolivia, b. 1949 * David A. Robertson,

, Canada, b. 1977 * Eden Robinson, Haisla/

Heiltsuk The Heiltsuk , sometimes historically referred to as ''Bella Bella'', or ''Híɫzaqv'' are an Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast, Indigenous people of the Central Coast Regional District, Central Coast region in British Columbia, ...

, Canada, b. 1968 * Henry Roe Cloud, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska, 1884–1950 * January Rogers, Six Nations Tuscarora/ Mohawk * Will Rogers,

, 1879–1935 * Will Rogers, Jr.,

, 1911–1993 * Wendy Rose,

Hopi The Hopi are Native Americans who primarily live in northeastern Arizona. The majority are enrolled in the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and live on the Hopi Reservation in northeastern Arizona; however, some Hopi people are enrolled in the Colorado ...

Miwok The Miwok (also spelled Miwuk, Mi-Wuk, or Me-Wuk) are members of four linguistically related Native Americans in the United States, Native American groups indigenous to what is now Northern California, who traditionally spoke one of the Miwok lan ...

, b. 1948 * Ian Ross,

, Canada, b. 1960 * Armand Garnet Ruffo, Chapleau

, Canada, b. 1955 * Steve Russell,

, 1947–2021

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* Ray St. Germain,

, Canada * Carol Lee Sanchez, Laguna Pueblo descent * William Sanders,

, 1942–2017 *

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, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, b. 1952 * Madeline Sayet, Mohegan, b. 1989 * Katherine Siva Saubel, Los Coyotes Cahuilla, 1920–2011 * Gregory Scofield,

, Canada, b. 1966 * Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Sault Ste. Marie Ojibwe, 1800–1841, first Native woman to publish * Bev Sellars, Xat'sull, Canada * James Sewid, Kwakwaka'wakw, Canada, 1913–1988 * María Clara Sharupi Jua, Shuar, Ecuador, b. 1964 * Charles Norman Shay, Penobscot, b. 1924 * Paula Sherman, Ardoch Algonquin First Nation, Canada * Kim Shuck,

* Angela Sidney, Tagish, Canada, 1902–1991 * Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo descent, b. 1948Porter and Roemer 326 * Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Alderville First Nation, Canada * Niigaan Sinclair, Anishinaabe, Canada * Ruby Slipperjack, Eabametoong Ojibwe, Canada, b. 1952 *

Cynthia Leitich Smith Cynthia Leitich Smith (born 1967) is a New York Times best-selling author of fiction for children and young adults. A citizen of the Creek people, Muscogee Creek Nation, she writes fiction for children and teens centered on the lives of modern- ...

, Muscogee Creek, b. 1967 * Monique Gray Smith, Cree/Lakota, Canada * Paul Chaat Smith, Comanche/

Choctaw The Choctaw ( ) people are one of the Indigenous peoples of the Southeastern Woodlands of the United States, originally based in what is now Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama. The Choctaw language is a Western Muskogean language. Today, Choct ...

* Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Brulé Lakota, b. 1933 * Donald Soctomah,

* Loren Spears, Narragansett * Luther Standing Bear,

, ca. 1868–1939 * Angela Sterritt, Gitxsan, Canada * James Thomas Stevens, Akwesasne Mohawk, b. 1966 * Virginia Stroud, United Keetoowah Band Cherokee/

, b. 1951 * Madonna Swan, Cheyenne River Lakota, 1928–1993 * Denise Sweet, White Earth Ojibwe, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin 2004 * James Schoppert, Tlingit, 1947–1992

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* Gladys Tantaquidgeon, Mohegan, 1899–2005 * Luci Tapahonso,

, b. 1953 *

Drew Hayden Taylor Drew Hayden Taylor (born 1 July 1962) is an Indigenous Canadian playwright, author and journalist. Life and career Born in Curve Lake, Ontario, Taylor is of both Ojibwe and white ancestry. About his background Taylor says: "I plan to start my ...

, Canada, b. 1962 * Ningeokuluk Teevee, Cape Dorset Inuk, Canada, b. 1963 * Clayton Thomas-Müller,

, CanadaShawn Conner
"In new memoir, activist Thomas-Muller traces impact of extraction industries on First Nations, and his own life"
''

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'', September 1, 2021. * Lucy Thompson, Yurok 1853–1932, first Indigenous Californian woman to be published * Russell Thornton,

, b. 1942 *

Shannon Thunderbird Shannon Thunderbird is a Coast Tsimshian First Nations singer-songwriter, speaker, educator, recording artist, playwright, and author. Biography She is an Elder of the Giluts'aaw The Giluts'aaẅ (properly spelled with an Umlaut (diacritic), ...

, Tsimshian First Nation, Canada * Susette LaFlesche Tibbles,

Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...

, 1854–1903 * George Tinker,

* Natalia Toledo, Zapotec, Mexico, b. 1968 * Raymond D. Tremblay,

, Canada * David Treuer, Leech Lake Ojibwe, b. 1970 * John Trudell, Santee Dakota, 1946–2015 * Demetrio Túpac Yupanqui, Quechua, Peru, 1923–2018 * Mark Turcotte,

Turtle Mountain Chippewa The Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians (Ojibwe language: Mikinaakwajiw-ininiwag) is a federally recognized Native American tribe of Ojibwe based on the Turtle Mountain Indian Reservation in Belcourt, North Dakota. The tribe has 30,000 ...

* Richard Twiss, Brulé Lakota, 1954–2013 * Arielle Twist,

* E. Donald Two-Rivers, Rainy River Ojibwa, 1945–2008 * Froyla Tzalam, Mopan Maya, Belize

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* Uvavnuk, Iglulik Inuk, Canada

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* Richard Van Camp, Tli Cho, Canada, b. 1971 * Gerald Vizenor, White Earth Ojibwe, b. 1934

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* Richard Wagamese,

, Canada * Bertrand N. O. Walker (Hen-Toh), Wyandotte, 1870–1927 * Velma Wallis, Athabaskan, b. 1960 * Juan Wallparrimachi, Quechua,

Bolivia Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...

, 1793–1814 * Anna Lee Walters,

/ Otoe-Missouria, b. 1946 * William Whipple Warren,

, 1825–1853 * Clyde Warrior,

, 1939–1968 * Waziyatawin (Angela Wilson), Wahpetunwan Dakota * Matthew James Weigel, Denesuline/Métis"22 debut Canadian poetry collections to read for National Poetry Month"
CBC Books, April 8, 2022. * James Welch, Blackfeet/

, 1940–2003 * Gwen Westerman, Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate /

* Tom Whitecloud, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe, 1914–1972 * Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Dakota/ Hidatsa, b. 1930 * Sarah Winnemucca ( Thocmentony), Northern Paiute, ca. 1844–1891 * Elizabeth Woody,

/ Wasco-Wishram, b. 1957 * Muriel Hazel Wright, Choctaw Nation, 1889–1975

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* William S. Yellow Robe, Jr., Fort Peck Assiniboine, 1962–2021 * Annie York, Spuzzum First Nation

, Canada, 1904–1991 * Ray Young Bear,

Meskwaki The Meskwaki (sometimes spelled Mesquaki), also known by the European exonyms Fox Indians or the Fox, are a Native American people. They have been closely linked to the Sauk people of the same language family. In the Meskwaki language, th ...

, b. 1950 * Alfred Young Man, Chippewa-Cree, Canada and United States, b. 1948

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* Leckott Zamora, Wichi, b. 1948 *

Ofelia Zepeda Ofelia Zepeda (born in Stanfield, Arizona, 1952) is a Tohono O'odham poet and intellectual. She is Regents' Professor of Tohono O'odham language and linguistics and Director of the American Indian Language Development Institute (AILDI) at The ...

, Tohono O'odham, b. 1952 * Zitkala-Sa ( Gertrude Simmons Bonnin),

- Standing Rock Sioux, 1876–1938 * Melissa Tantaquidgeon Zobel, Mohegan, b. 1960

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