National Native American Hall of Fame

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Ryneldi Becenti
Navajo

2022 - Athletics Ryneldi Becenti, Navajo, is the first Native American to play professional basketball for the Women’s National Basketball Association ...
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Bill Anoatubby
Chickasaw Nation

2022 - Government Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw, has dedicated his life to improving the Chickasaw Nation’s finances, education, economic development, environmental ...
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Entrepreneur Amongst Native American Hall of Fame 2021 Class of Inductees

by Native Business Staff | May 7, 2021 | Career, Disruptors, Entrepreneurship, Featured, Leadership, News, Nonprofit Great Falls, MT — ...
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DAVE ANDERSON
CHOCTAW / LAC COURTE OREILLES OJIBWE

2021 – Business “Famous Dave†Anderson, Lac Courte Oreilles Lake Superior Band of Ojibwe & Choctaw Nation, MPA Harvard University, ...
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BEN NIGHTHORSE CAMPBELL
NORTHERN CHEYENNE

2021 – Government Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne, became the first Native American to serve in the U.S. Senate in ...
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JOY HARJO
MUSCOGEE (CREEK) NATION

2021 – Writing Joy Harjo, Muscogee (Creek), in 2019 Harjo was the first Native American named U.S. poet laureate; she ...
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MARCELLA LEBEAU
CHEYENNE RIVER SIOUX

2021 – Medicine (1919-2021) Marcella LeBeau, Cheyenne River Sioux, was highly regarded for her health policy leadership spanning eight decades. ...
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EMIL NOTTI
ATHABASCAN

2021 – Advocacy Emil Notti, Athabascan, was the first president of Alaska Federation of Natives, founded in 1966. Notti was ...
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KATHERINE SIVA SAUBEL
MORONGO BAND OF MISSION INDIANS

2021 – Culture Katherine Siva Saubel, Morongo Band of Mission Indians, founded the Malki Museum at the Morongo Reservation in ...
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ERNIE STEVENS, SR.
ONEIDA

2021 - Government Ernie Stevens, Sr., Oneida, served numerous leadership positions including as executive director of the Los Angeles Indian ...
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