Native American Women

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  1. 2. founder of the visual Project 562
  2. 3. advocate for healthcare and ecuation. Main goals were to eradicate tuberculosis in her native american nation and create a medical dictionary to translate navajo and english terms.
  3. 5. an environmentalist, writer, and economist, and executive director of Honor the Earth.
  4. 8. the native american girl who's real name was Matoaka, or Amonute, who's life story was changed by a man and inspired a Disney movie
  5. 10. founder of the first American Indian-owned national bank
  6. 12. first native american woman to present a case before the supreme court
  7. 13. said to be the first successful native american ballerina
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  1. 1. helped lead the Cherokee to victory against the Creek nation in 1755
  2. 2. spoke out for her people and wrote the autobiography "Life Among the Paiutes"
  3. 4. 23rd poet laureate of the US (the first native woman to be awarded the honor)
  4. 6. first female principal chief of the modern Cherokee nation
  5. 7. advocate for civil and women's rights, environmental protection, and world peace. Was the founder and president of American for Indian Opportunity.
  6. 8. first native american woman to get a medical degree
  7. 9. US congresswoman and first female native Secretary of the Interior
  8. 11. the Shoshone translator who led the lewis and clark expedition
  9. 14. and Apache woman who fought alongside her male counterparts; Victorio and Geronimo.