Native Americans

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  1. 5. an activist who sued the Cleveland Indians over the Chief Wahoo mascot
  2. 7. An Italian who pretended to be Indian and acted as the staple for what an Indian should be through his character.
  3. 10. Legendary Indian who defeated Custard and his descendants live on the Pine Ridge Reservation.
  4. 12. An Indian & Chief Wahoo Fan who on opening day in 2015, apologized to the Native Americans at the Cleveland Indians game for painting his face red and wearing feathers the year before.
  5. 15. Along with his horse Renegade, the mascot for the Florida State Seminoles.
  6. 18. The first female member of the Seminole Tribe of Florida to earn a college degree from Florida
  7. 20. A photographer and member of the Swinomish and Tulalip tribes whose Project 562 is trying to change the way we think about Native Americans.
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  1. 1. This Iroquois, Oneida composer and guitarist enjoys how harmonizing.
  2. 2. This Mohawk musician plays the guitar and enjoys the Allman Brothers, and believes we should not be assimilated into society but remain as individuals, working together.
  3. 3. An actor of iconic action movies who played racist characters, who used violence against American Indians.
  4. 4. Cree Director of Reel Injun
  5. 6. Little Feather An Apache actress and model who presented a speech at the Academy Awards, shifting the public perception of what was happening at Wounded Knee
  6. 8. Oneida-Mohawk-Cree stand-up comedian, actor, and writer who used comedy to try to help "White" Americans become aware of their prejudice
  7. 9. Chiricahua Apache Indian activist who Led protests in Cleveland against Chief Wahoo and was sent to prison for embezzling money.
  8. 11. A star from the movie The Silent Enemy, who committed suicide after he was found to have African ancestry.
  9. 13. Spokane tribal member, teacher, artist, and activist who worked to get the University of Illinois to stop using Chief Illiniwek as their mascot.
  10. 14. Penobscot Indian who played 84 games for the Cleveland Spiders from 1897-1899, who many claim the Cleveland Indians honor with their team name.
  11. 16. Lakota, author theologian, historian, and activist- the University of Colorado
  12. 17. a member of the Mohawk Aboriginal people in Canada played The Lone Ranger's Native American companion Tonto in the original 1949 television show.
  13. 19. This Pueblo Musician Interprets traditional flute and drum music in the Las Vegas shows.