Leaders

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We'wha and Klah the American Indian Berdache as Artist and Priest

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Will Roscoe
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 12, no. 2, Spring, 1988, pp. 127-150
Description
Looks into the lives of the Berdache or gender-mixed Indigenous leaders We'wha and Klah and how their gender status provided them with a variety of unique skills, insights, and interaction with the rest of American society.
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White Cap, Sioux Chief

Images » Photographs
Description
Photo of illustration made from photograph of White Cap, Sioux Chief, pledging friendship to his white brother, taken from Illustrated War News, 25 April 1885.
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Who Lies Buried in Satanta’s Tomb? Co-memorating a Kiowa Warrior

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Drew Lopenzina
Travis Franks
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 43, no. 3, Summer, 2019, pp. 249-280
Description
Authors re-examine the discourse surrounding the life and death of the Kiowa leader Satanta; discuss how even contemporary perceptions of Indigenous historical figures are rooted in colonial narratives of conquest which sought to diminish the humanity of Indigenous peoples and extinguish Indigenous title in favour of white settler expansion.
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Will the Real Tomochichi Please Come Forward?

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Julie Anne Sweet
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 2, Spring, 2008, pp. 141-177
Description
Article examines the ways that the Yamacraw Leader Tomochichi has been represented and misrepresented in historical texts and narratives surrounding the settlement of the Georgia; works to reconstruct a more accurate biography.
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William Cooper and the 1937 Petition to the King

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Andrew Markus
Aboriginal History, vol. 7, no. 1, 1983, pp. 46-60
Description
Comments on the leader of the Aborigines' League campaign to improve the condition of his people.
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Yankine Whitecap and Wife

Images » Photographs
Description
Photograph of couple seated in automobile. She wears braids and a long white dress. Part of series LH-4080b to LH-4080d which were together in a home-made scrapbook.
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Years of Struggle Worth It

Articles » General
Saskatchewan Indian, vol. 6, no. 24, April 1976, pp. 11-12
Description
Chief Sol Sanderson and Chief Dave Ahenakew were honored at the opening of the Saskatchewan Indian Cultural College and the Community College.
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Yurok Aristocracy and "Great Houses"

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Arnold R. Pilling
American Indian Quarterly, vol. 13, no. 4, The California Indians, Autumn, 1989, pp. 421-436
Description
Looks at the Yorok tribe's complex system of social stratification through their traditional social customs and culture.
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