Claim To Fame : Native Americans
158 memorials found
Chief John Matowatakpe “Charging Bear” Grass
1837 – 10 May 1918Lakota Chief. Born to the Blackfeet Teton band of the Lakota...
Fort Yates, Sioux County, North Dakota, USA
Geronimo
16 Jun 1829 – 17 Feb 1909Native American Indian Leader. Apache Shaman; Geronimo was the...
Lawton, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Pocahontas
1595 – 21 Mar 1617Native American Colonial Figure. She was most likely born in...
Gravesend, Gravesham Borough, Kent, England
Chief Push-Ma-Ta-Ha
1764 – 24 Dec 1824Choctaw Chief. Born Apushamatahahubi, probably around 1764 on the...
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Sitting Bull
1831 – 15 Dec 1890Sioux Indian Leader. His parents named him "Slow" because they...
Corson County, South Dakota, USA
Jim Thorpe
28 May 1888 – 28 Mar 1953Olympic Games Gold Medalist Athlete, Major League Baseball...
Jim Thorpe, Carbon County, Pennsylvania, USA
Elias Boudinot
1802 – 22 Jun 1839Cherokee leader. Editor of the Cherokee Phoenix. Born Gallegina...
Park Hill, Cherokee County, Oklahoma, USA
Gotebo
1847 – 1927Kiowa sub-chief. Born about 1847 in what is today Kansas, he was...
Mountain View, Kiowa County, Oklahoma, USA
Black Kettle Cenotaph
1803 – 27 Nov 1868Southern Cheyenne Chieftain. Born near the Black Hills in present...
Cheyenne, Roger Mills County, Oklahoma, USA
Quanah Parker
1845 – 23 Feb 1911Native American Folk Figure. He is often referred to as the last...
Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Taza
c.1840 – 26 Sep 1876Chiricahua Chief. Born the eldest son of Cochise, he succeeded to...
Washington, District of Columbia, District of Columbia, USA
Louis Francis Sockalexis
24 Oct 1871 – 24 Dec 1913Major League Baseball Player. Louis Sockalexis was born on the...
Old Town, Penobscot County, Maine, USA
Nancy “Nanye'hi” Ward
1738 – 1822Cherokee Beloved Woman. Born Nanye'hi, which roughly translates...
Benton, Polk County, Tennessee, USA
Sacajawea
1787 – 20 Dec 1812Native American Explorer. She was born a Shoshone around the year...
Fort Washakie, Fremont County, Wyoming, USA
Sacajawea
1787 – 20 Dec 1812Folk Figure. Born to the Lemhi Shoshone people between 1787 and...
Corson County, South Dakota, USA
Chief Seattle
Aug 1786 – 7 Jun 1866Native American Leader. Chief Seattle's name in his native...
Suquamish, Kitsap County, Washington, USA
Chief Blackhawk Cenotaph
1743 – 3 Oct 1838American Sauk Indian Leader. Born at Saukenuk, Illinois, he was...
Selma, Van Buren County, Iowa, USA
Satanta
1820 – 11 Oct 1878Kiowa Sub-chief. Born Set-tain-te which roughly translates to...
Fort Sill, Comanche County, Oklahoma, USA
Chalk
unknown – 16 Sep 1878Arapaho Scout. Attached to the Fourth Cavalry stationed at Fort...
El Reno, Canadian County, Oklahoma, USA
Chief Joseph
3 Mar 1840 – 21 Sep 1904Nez Percé Chieftain. Born in the Wallowa Valley in what is now...
Nespelem, Okanogan County, Washington, USA
