National Native American Hall of Fame

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W. RICHARD WEST
CHEYENNE / ARAPAHO TRIBES

By National Native American Hall of Fame | May 2, 2021
2021 – Arts W. Richard West, Southern Cheyenne, was the founding director of the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of the ...
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N. SCOTT MOMADAY
KIOWA TRIBE

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Mar 10, 2021
2018 - Writing, Navarre Scott Momaday is a Kiowa novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. His mother was a ...
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FIRST AMERICANS MUSEUM FUTURE HOME FOR THE NATIONAL NATIVE AMERICAN HALL OF FAME

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Feb 19, 2021
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEGinny UnderwoodMarketing and Communications Managerginnyu@famok.org405.229.7210. First Americans Museum future home for the National Native American Hall of Fame ...
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JIM THORPE
SAC AND FOX NATION

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Jan 27, 2021
2018 - Athletics, Jim Thorpe was an American athlete and Olympic gold medalist. A member of the Sac & Fox ...
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MARIA TALLCHIEF
OSAGE NATION

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Jan 27, 2021
2018 - Arts, Maria Tallchief, original name Elizabeth Marie Tallchief (Osage family name: Ki He Kah Stah Tsa) was considered America's first ...
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LORI PIESTEWA
HOPI TRIBE

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Jan 27, 2021
2018 - Military, Lori Ann Piestewa was a United States Army soldier killed in 2003, during the Iraq War. A ...
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BILLY MILLS
OGLALA LAKOTA SIOUX

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Jan 27, 2021
2018 - Athletics Billy Mills, also known as Tamakoce Te'Hila (Oglala Sioux), who was a track and field athlete, won ...
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WILMA MANKILLER
CHEROKEE NATION

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Jan 27, 2021
2018 - Government Wilma Mankiller was a Native American activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to ...
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ALLAN HOUSER/HAOZOUS
CHIRICAHUA APACHE

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Jan 27, 2021
2018 - Arts, Allan Houser (Haozous in Apache) was a Chiricahua Apache sculptor, painter and book illustrator born in Oklahoma. ...
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JOHN HERRINGTON
CHICKASAW NATION

By National Native American Hall of Fame | Jan 27, 2021
2018 - Science, John Herrington is a retired United States Naval Aviator and former NASA astronaut. He was the first ...
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