Awanigiizhik Bruce – illustratör

Josephine Gates Kelly was the granddaughter of Dakota Chief Matho Numpa, or Two Bears. By working in a family store, becoming Deputy County Auditor, and attending national conferences, Gates Kelly represented her people from a political position. She became the first woman elected as Tribal Chairperson for any Native government in 1946. From attending Carlisle Indian Industrial School to leading the Standing Rock Reservation, learn all about the life of Gates Kelly.

Floyd Red Crow Westerman was born in Dakota homelands and attended Wahpeton Indian School, an off-reservation Indian boarding school. As a young boy, he taught himself how to play guitar, and he went on to become a musician and actor, most famously as Ten Bears in the movie Dances with Wolves. Through his career, he advocated for Indigenous rights and environmental causes. From playing concerts to acting on the big screen, learn all about the life of Westerman.

Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin grew up in North Dakota and Minnesota speaking seven languages and watching her father, Jean Baptiste Bottineau, fight for the rights of his communities as a lawyer. Bottineau Baldwin followed in his footsteps, becoming an activist, lawyer, and the first Native American woman to graduate from the Washington College of Law. From marching with suffragists to advocating for the rights of Native Americans, learn all about the life of Bottineau Baldwin.