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Category: Famous Native Americans

Robert Mirabal (born October 6.1966)

Robert Mirabal (born October 6.1966) is a Pueblo musician and Native American flute player and maker from Taos Pueblo, New

Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945)

Rita Coolidge

Most music fans have a favorite song recorded by two-time GRAMMY® award-winner Rita Coolidge― “Fever,” “We’re All Alone,” “One Fine Day,” “(Your Love Has Lifted Me) Higher &

R. Carlos Nakai

Of Navajo-Ute heritage, R. Carlos Nakai is the world’s premier performer of the Native American flute. He began his musical studies on the trumpet, but a car accident ruined his

Pato Hoffmann (born August 23, 1956)

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Pato Hoffmann (born August 23, 1956 as Erwin Eduardo Hoffmann-Alarcon) is a Bolivian actor and theater director who has performed in such films as Geronimo: An American Legend, Lakota Woman: Siege at

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Noah Watts

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When Noah Watts was 9 years old, his uncle gave him a Crow name. “I am going to name you, Bulaagawish, Old Bull.” His uncle put his hand on Noah’s shoulder and

Nathaniel Arcand

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Nathaniel Arcand is Plains Cree (Nehiyaw), from the Alexander First Nation Reserve. He was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta,

Naomi Lang (born December 18, 1978)

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Naomi Lang (born December 18, 1978 in Arcata, California, U.S.) is an American ice dancer. With skating partner Peter Tchernyshev, she is a two-time (2000 and 2002) Four Continents

Mishi Donovan

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Mishi Donovan is Chippewa Cree whose ancestors are renegades from the Turtle Mountain reservation in North Dakota. Mishi was adopted by a non- Aboriginal

Leonard Peltier(born September 12, 1944)

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Leonard Peltier (born September 12, 1944) is a Native American activist and member of the American Indian Movement

Loma Lynn Mathias

Loma Lynn Mathias(310x240)

Loma Lynn Mathias, known professionally as Loma Lyns, is a Canadian country music singer-songwriter and television personality. Her single "Red Handed" was a Top 40 hit on the Canadian country charts

Lou Diamond Phillips (February 17, 1962)

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Lou Diamond Phillips (born Lou Diamond Upchurch; February 17, 1962) is an American film, television, and stage actor and

Louise Erdrich (Born 1954)

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Louise Erdrich is one of the most gifted, prolific, and challenging of contemporary Native American novelists. Born in 1954 in Little Falls, Minnesota, she grew up mostly in Wahpeton, North

Michael Horse (born December 21, 1951)

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Michael Heinrich Horse (born December 21, 1951) is an American actor, jeweler, and ledger

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