Native Women Who Know Their History Series

March 2016.

Alex Jacobs and Tanya H. Lee, of Indian Country Today, have written a series of articles celebrating modern American Indian women who are "modern day Native women warriors" and "teach Native history, adding their unique voices and perspectives to the American story" with a brief biography of their efforts.

March 15, 2016  Alex Jacobs.

Celebrating Women's History Month- 5 Modern Native Women Warriors

• Wilma Mankiller
• Cherokee Nation
• LaDonna Harris
• Comanche Nation of Oklahoma
• Rigoberta Menchu Tum
• K'iche' Mayan
• Ellen Gabriel (Katsitsakwas)
• Kanien'kehá:ka Nation
• Grace Thorpe (No-Ten-O-Quah)
• Sac and Fox Nation

To read the full article, click here.

March 16, 2016  Alex Jacobs.

Celebrating Women's History Month- 5 MORE Modern Native Women Warriors

• Janet McCloud (Yet-Si-Blue)
• Tulalip Tribes
• Mary Brave Bird (Mary Crow Dog)
• Sicangu Lakota (Rosebud Sioux Tribe)
• Anna Mae Pictou Aquash (Naguset Eask)
• Mi'kmaq Nation
• Ingrid Washinawatok (O-Peqtaw Metamoh)
• Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
• Berta Caceres
• Lenca people

To read the full article, click here.

March 23, 2016 Tanya H. Lee.

These 5 Native Women Know Their History

• K. Tsianina Lomawaima
• Mvskoke (Creek Nation-not enrolled)
• Shannon Speed
• Chickasaw Nation
• Jean O-Brien
• White Earth Ojibwe
• Jennifer Denetdale
• Navajo Nation
• Brenda Child
• Red Lake Nation (Red Lake Band of Chippewa Indians)

To read the full article, click here.

March 30, 2016  Tanya H. Lee.

5 More Native Women Who Know Their History

• JoEllen Anderson 
• Ojibwe
• Malinda Maynor Lowery
• Lumbee Tribe
• Alyssa Mt. Pleasant
• Tuscarora
• Amanda Cobb-Greetham
• Chickasaw Nation
• Leola Roberta Tsinnajinnie
• Diné & Filipino

To read the full article, click here.

For more information,

Visit:

• The Ohio State University
• Where Women Go
• BART: Bias Assessment and Response Team
• Office of Student Life
• Professional Development Grants for Women
• Critical Difference for Women
• Women Play Important Roles in Cherokee Culture and Government
• May 9, 2016.
• Ohio History Connection's New American Indian Liason
• April 20, 2016.
• Strong Women/Strong Nations: Native American Women & Leadership
• April 12, 2016.
• The Newark Earthworks: Enduring Monuments, Contested Meanings
• March 31, 2016.
• Bringing It Home: Artists Reconnecting Cultural Heritage with Community, NMAI
• December 22, 2015.
• BART: Bias Assessment and Response Team
• December 8, 2015.
• 2015 Lecture Series: American Indians Returning to the Earthworks Videos
• June 23, 2015.
• Mackosi’kwe’s Baskets: Marking Relationships & Potato Stamps and Ash Splints
• May 13, 2015
• Three Women, Three Artists, Three Paths toward One Goal: To Keep Their Culture Alive
• April 13, 2015.
• Tribal Support is Necessary in Upholding the Importance of the Ohio Earthworks
• March 2, 2015.
• Survival and Change: The Significance of Contemporary American Indian Art
• February 26, 2015.
• Tribal Governments and Violence Against Women Act- Pilot Project
• April 16, 2014.
• Discuss Community-Based and Indigenous Archaeology With Us!
• February 3, 2014.