List of Indigenous people of the Americas
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This is a list of famous Indigenous peoples of the Americas.
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[edit] North America
[edit] In Canada
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- Generally referred to as Aboriginal peoples in Canada when looking at the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples collectively.
- Aatsista-Mahkan, Blackfoot chief
- Abishabis, Cree religious leader
- A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, Blackfoot chief
- David Aglukark, politician
- Susan Aglukark, singer
- Leona Aglukkaq, politician
- Agouhanna, chief of Hochelega
- David Ahenakew, politician
- Freda Ahenakew, author
- Olayuk Akesuk, politician
- David Alagalak, politician
- Jerry Alfred, musician
- Anahareo (Gertrude Bernard), author
- Jack Anawak, politician
- Anna Mae Aquash, activist
- Jeannette Armstrong, author, artist and activist
- Joanne Arnott, writer
- James Arreak, politician
- Kenojuak Ashevak, artist
- Pitseolak Ashoona, artist
- William Aubut, drummer Breach of Trust
- Auoindaon, Wyandot chief
- Marty Ballentyne, singer Breach of Trust
- Levi Barnabas, politician
- James K. Bartleman, diplomat and author
- Adam Beach, actor
- Big Bear, Cree chief
- Sandra Birdsell, author
- Ethel Blondin-Andrew, politician
- Columpa Bobb, actor, playwright and poet
- Steven Bonspille, Mohawk chief
- James Bourque, activist
- Joseph Boyden, author
- Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader
- Mary Brant, Mohawk leader
- Levinia Brown, politician
- John Bruce, Métis leader
- Rod Bruinooge, politician, businessman and filmmaker
- Sharon Bruneau, bodybuilder
- T.J. Burke, politician
- June Callwood, journalist, author and social activist
- Douglas Cardinal, architect
- Harold Cardinal, writer and political leader
- Lorne Cardinal, actor
- Tantoo Cardinal, actor
- Kate Carmack, possible finder of the gold deposits in the Yukon
- Dawson Charlie, co-discoverer of gold in the Yukon
- Jonathan Cheechoo - ice hockey player[1]
- Byron Chief-Moon, American born actor
- Michel Chrétien, son of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
- Matthew Coon Come, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Nellie Cournoyea, politician and activist
- Crowfoot, Blackfoot chief
- Tagak Curley, politician
- Demasduwit, one of the last Beothuk people
- Paul DeVillers, politician
- Donnacona, chief of Stadacona site of present day Quebec City
- Todd Ducharme, judge
- Gabriel Dumont, Métis leader
- W. Yvon Dumont, politician
- Willie Dunn, filmaker, folk musician, playwright and politician
- Lillian Dyck, Canadian Senator
- Georges Erasmus, politician
- Etookashoo, guide for Frederick Cook to the North Pole
- Ron Evans, politician
- Joe Allen Evyagotailak, politician
- Gary Farmer, actor and filmmaker
- Wally Firth, politician
- Jerry Fontaine, politician
- Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Rainbow Sun Francks, actor
- Don Freed, singer and songwriter
- James Gabriel, Grand Chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Richard Gauthier, musician
- Dan George, actor and Salish chief
- Dudley George, protestor killed near Camp Ipperwash
- James Gladstone, Canadian Senator
- Cuthbert Grant, Métis leader
- Graham Greene, actor
- Guujaaw, carver, musician and political activist
- Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Commissioner of Nunavut
- John Harding (Sha ko hen the tha), chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Elijah Harper, politician
- René Highway, dancer and actor
- Tomson Highway, playwright, novelist, and children's author.
- Joseph Idlout, featured on the former Canadian two-dollar bill[2][3]
- Peter Irniq, former Commissioner of Nunavut
- James Isbister, Métis leader
- Peter Ittinuar, politician
- Honoré Jackson, a leader of the North-West Rebellion
- Tom Jackson, actor
- Carole James, leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia
- Edward John, political leader
- Mary John, Sr., leader of the Dakelh or Carrier people
- Pauline Johnson, writer and performer
- Stephen Kakfwi, premier of the Northwest Territories
- Helen Kalvak, artist
- Nancy Karetak-Lindell, politician
- Peter Kattuk, politician
- Simeonie Keenainak, musician
- Tina Keeper, activist, actress and politician
- Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), discovered gold in the Yukon
- Peter Kilabuk, politician
- Thomas King, author
- Zacharias Kunuk, director of Atanarjuat
- Rick Laliberte, politician
- Oscar Lathlin, politician
- George Leach, politician
- Reggie Leach, ice hockey player
- Ambroise-Dydime Lépine, Métis military leader
- Tom Longboat, distance runner
- Ranald MacDonald, American born Japanese/English interpreter
- Helen Maksagak, former Commissioner of Northwest Territories and Commissioner of Nunavut, current Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut
- George Manuel, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
- Steve Mapsalak, politician
- Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth
- Lee Maracle, poet and author
- Leonard Marchand, politician
- Donald Marshall, wrongly convicted of murder
- Matonabbee, Chipewyan hunter and leader
- Claude McKenzie, singer-songwriter
- Henri Membertou, Mi'kmaq leader
- Andrea Menard, actress, playwright, and jazz singer
- Billy Merasty, actor
- Gary Merasty, politician
- Ovide Mercredi, politician
- Mikak, worked to create friendly relations between native Labradoreans and European traders
- Milton Born With A Tooth, political activist
- Gilbert Monture, honorary chief of the Mohawk tribe
- Norval Morrisseau, artist
- Daniel David Moses, poet and playwright
- Ted Moses, politician
- Nahnebahwequa, Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian Missionary
- Nakasuk, founder of Iqaluit, Nunavut
- Patterk Netser, politician
- Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, Canadian Senator
- Ted Nolan, ice hockey player
- Charles Nolin, political organiser who opposed the North-West Rebellion
- Nonosbawsut, leader of the Beothuk people
- John Norquay, Premier of Manitoba
- Henry Norwest, sniper, Military Medal winner
- Kaúxuma Núpika, prophetess
- Jobie Nutarak, politician
- Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker
- Paul Okalik, premier of Nunavut
- Bernard Ominayak, elected leader of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
- Joseph Onasakenrat, Mohawk chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
- Jessie Oonark, artist
- Oronhyatekha, first Aboriginal medical doctor
- Helen Betty Osborne, Manitoba woman, kidnapped and murdered
- Francis Pegahmagabow, sniper, Military Medal winner
- Buckley Petawabano, actor and communications consultant
- Piapot, leader, diplomat, warrior, horse thief, and spiritualist
- Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker}, Cree chief
- Chief Pontiac, Ottawa war leader
- Jerry Potts, guide and interpreter
- Gaylord Powless, lacrosse player
- Ross Powless, lacrosse player
- Tommy Prince, war hero
- Bill Reid, jeweler, sculptor and artist
- Sandrine Renard, newscaster on the Naked News
- Louis Riel, Métis leader
- Louis Riel Sr., Métis leader
- Robbie Robertson, songwriter and guitarist
- Carla Robinson, television journalist
- Eden Robinson, writer
- Eric Robinson, politician
- Denis Rocan, politician
- Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, business woman
- Ian Ross, playwright
- James Ross, lawyer
- Todd Russell, politician
- Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician
- Guillaume Sayer, fur trader
- Eric Schweig, actor and carver
- James Sewid, former Chief councillor of the Kwakwaka'wakw
- Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people
- John Shiwak, sniper
- Jay Silverheels, actor best known for playing Tonto
- David Simailak, politician
- Sheldon Souray, ice hockey player
- Gerry St. Germain, politician
- Kinnie Starr, singer-songwriter
- Ralph Steinhauer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
- Brent Stutsky, bassist Breach of Trust
- Thomas Suluk, politician
- Cree Summer, voice actress
- Tanya Tagaq Gillis, singer & artist
- Louis Tapardjuk, politician
- Drew Hayden Taylor, playwright and journalist
- Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, first Indigenous person considered for Sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church
- Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq, artist
- Simon Tookoome, artist
- Hunter Tootoo, politician
- Jordin Tootoo, ice hockey player
- Gordon Tootoosis, actor
- Bryan Trottier, ice hockey player
- Shania Twain, singer-songwriter
- Walter Patrick Twinn, Canadian Senator
- Abraham Ulrikab, zoo exhibit in Hamburg, Germany
- Roy Henry Vickers, artist
- Florent Vollant, singer-songwriter
- Barbara Wardlaw, interim leader First Peoples National Party of Canada
- Charlie Watt, Canadian Senator
- Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuk activist
- Myron Wolf Child, youth activist, public speaker and politician
- Dean Zabolotney, guitarist Breach of Trust
[edit] In the United States
[edit] In Mexico
This issue is complicated because a great majority of Mexicans are mestizos and therefore being part Native is not unusual as in Canada or the US. The list only include indigenous proper and mestizos with an indigenous parent. This list also includes a few Pre-Columbian figures considered remarkable in the history and culture of Mexico.
- Ignacio Manuel Altamirano, writer, journalist and politician (Nahua)
- Cuauhtémoc, last (Aztec) Tlatoani
- Cuitláhuac, penultimate (Aztec) Tlatoani
- Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin, Catholic Saint Chichimeca)
- Porfirio Díaz, President (Mixtec mother)
- Lila Downs, singer (Mixtec mother)
- Emilio Fernández, film director, actor (Kickapoo mother)
- Victoriano Huerta, President (Huichol mother)
- Benito Juárez, President (Zapotec)
- La Malinche, translator of conquistador Hernán Cortés
- Moctezuma II, (Aztec) Tlatoani at the beginning of the Spanish Conquest of Mexico
- Nezahualcóyotl, Tlatoani of Texcoco and poet in Nahuatl language
- Comandante Ramona, EZLN leader (Tzotzil)
- María Sabina, shaman (Mazatec)
- Comandante Tacho, EZLN leader (Tojolabal)
[edit] In Guatemala
- Miguel Ángel Asturias, novelist, Nobel prize winner in literature
- Rigoberta Menchú Tum, activist, Nobel prize winner in peace (Quiché)
[edit] In the Caribbean
- Agueybana - "supreme cacique" in Puerto Rico
- Hatuey (Taíno)
[edit] In South America
[edit] In Bolivia
- Evo Morales - politician, president of Bolivia
[edit] In Colombia
- Quintín Lame-Politician
[edit] In Peru
- Tupac Amaru-Military figure
- Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, writer
- The Incas-In one sense it is a term for the leaders of the Empire
- Yma Sumac-Singer (Somewhat disputed Inca ancestry)
- Alejandro Toledo-President