LYLE THOMPSON
ONODAGA
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2026 – ATHLETICS Lyle Thompson is an Iroquois professional lacrosse player from the Hawk Clan of the Onondaga Nation. His ...
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ERNIE STEVENS, JR.
ONEIDA NATION OF WISCONSIN
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2026 – GAMING Ernie Stevens Jr. was a pioneering leader in Native American gaming and tribal sovereignty, best known for ...
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RICHARD MILANOVICH
AGUA CALIENTE BAND OF CAHUILLA INDIANS
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2026 – GOVERNMENT Richard Milanovich of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians was a prominent Native American leader, businessman, ...
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ARLINDA LOCKLEAR
LUMBEE TRIBE OF NORTH CAROLINA
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2026 – LAW Arlinda Locklear is one of the nation's foremost attorneys in federal Indian law. She began her career ...
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CAROL JUNEAU
MANDAN, HIDATSA AND ARIKARA NATION
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2026 – EDUCATION Carol C. Juneau is an esteemed educator and politician, and an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, ...
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TOM COLE
CHICKASAW NATION
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2026 – GOVERNMENT Thomas Jeffrey Cole is a former educator who has served as the U.S. Representative for Oklahoma's 4th ...
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LYNN VALBUENA
YUHAAVIATAM OF SAN MANUEL NATION
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2025 – GOVERNMENT Lynn Valbuena is a member the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation and is currently serving her sixth ...
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DEB HAALAND
LAGUNA PUEBLO
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2025 – GOVERNMENT Deb Haaland, a member of the Pueblo of Laguna, received a B.A. in English, Professional Writing from ...
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DWIGHT W. BIRDWELL
CHEROKEE NATION
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2025 – MILITARY Dwight W. Birdwell, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, was born in Amarillo, Texas and grew up ...
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NOTAH BEGAY III
NAVAJO NATION & SAN FELIPE / ISLETA
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2025 – ATHLETICS Notah Begay III, Navajo Nation and San Felipe / Isleta Pueblo, the only full-blood Native American to ...
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