List of Indigenous people of the Americas

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This is a list of famous Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

1 North America
2 In South America
3 Footnotes

[edit] North America

[edit] In Canada

Generally referred to as Aboriginal peoples in Canada when looking at the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples collectively.

Aatsista-Mahkan, Blackfoot chief
Abishabis, Cree religious leader
A-ca-oo-mah-ca-ye, Blackfoot chief
David Aglukark, politician
Susan Aglukark, singer
Leona Aglukkaq, politician
Agouhanna, chief of Hochelega
David Ahenakew, politician
Freda Ahenakew, author
Olayuk Akesuk, politician
David Alagalak, politician
Jerry Alfred, musician
Anahareo (Gertrude Bernard), author
Jack Anawak, politician
Anna Mae Aquash, activist
Jeannette Armstrong, author, artist and activist
Joanne Arnott, writer
James Arreak, politician
Kenojuak Ashevak, artist
Pitseolak Ashoona, artist
William Aubut, drummer Breach of Trust
Auoindaon, Wyandot chief
Marty Ballentyne, singer Breach of Trust
Levi Barnabas, politician
James K. Bartleman, diplomat and author
Adam Beach, actor
Big Bear, Cree chief
Sandra Birdsell, author
Ethel Blondin-Andrew, politician
Columpa Bobb, actor, playwright and poet
Steven Bonspille, Mohawk chief
James Bourque, activist
Joseph Boyden, author
Joseph Brant, Mohawk leader
Mary Brant, Mohawk leader
Levinia Brown, politician
John Bruce, Métis leader
Rod Bruinooge, politician, businessman and filmmaker
Sharon Bruneau, bodybuilder
T.J. Burke, politician
June Callwood, journalist, author and social activist
Douglas Cardinal, architect
Harold Cardinal, writer and political leader
Lorne Cardinal, actor
Tantoo Cardinal, actor
Kate Carmack, possible finder of the gold deposits in the Yukon
Dawson Charlie, co-discoverer of gold in the Yukon
Jonathan Cheechoo - ice hockey player^[1]
Byron Chief-Moon, American born actor
Michel Chrétien, son of former Prime Minister Jean Chrétien
Matthew Coon Come, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
Nellie Cournoyea, politician and activist
Crowfoot, Blackfoot chief
Tagak Curley, politician
Demasduwit, one of the last Beothuk people
Paul DeVillers, politician
Donnacona, chief of Stadacona site of present day Quebec City
Todd Ducharme, judge
Gabriel Dumont, Métis leader
W. Yvon Dumont, politician
Willie Dunn, filmmaker, folk musician, playwright and politician
Lillian Dyck, Canadian Senator
Georges Erasmus, politician
Etookashoo, guide for Frederick Cook to the North Pole
Ron Evans, politician
Joe Allen Evyagotailak, politician
Gary Farmer (1953 - ) actor and filmmaker^[2]
Wally Firth, politician
Jerry Fontaine, politician
Phil Fontaine, National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations
Rainbow Sun Francks, actor
Don Freed, singer and songwriter
James Gabriel, Grand Chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
Richard Gauthier, musician
Dan George, actor and Salish chief
Dudley George, protester killed near Camp Ipperwash
James Gladstone, Canadian Senator
Cuthbert Grant, Métis leader
Graham Greene, actor
Guujaaw, carver, musician and political activist
Ann Meekitjuk Hanson, Commissioner of Nunavut
John Harding (Sha ko hen the tha), chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
Elijah Harper, politician
René Highway, dancer and actor
Tomson Highway, playwright, novelist, and children's author.
Joseph Idlout, featured on the former Canadian two-dollar bill [3][4]
Peter Irniq, former Commissioner of Nunavut
James Isbister, Métis leader
Peter Ittinuar, politician
Honoré Jackson, a leader of the North-West Rebellion
Tom Jackson, actor
Carole James, leader of the New Democratic Party of British Columbia
Edward John, political leader
Mary John, Sr., leader of the Dakelh or Carrier people
Pauline Johnson, writer and performer
Stephen Kakfwi, premier of the Northwest Territories
Helen Kalvak, artist
Nancy Karetak-Lindell, politician
Peter Kattuk, politician
Simeonie Keenainak, musician
Tina Keeper, activist, actress and politician
Keish (Skookum Jim Mason), discovered gold in the Yukon
Peter Kilabuk, politician
Thomas King, author
Zacharias Kunuk, director of Atanarjuat
Rick Laliberte, politician
Oscar Lathlin, politician
George Leach, politician
Reggie Leach, ice hockey player
Ambroise-Dydime Lépine, Métis military leader
Tom Longboat, distance runner
Ranald MacDonald, American born Japanese/English interpreter
Helen Maksagak, former Commissioner of Northwest Territories and Commissioner of Nunavut, current Deputy Commissioner of Nunavut
George Manuel, former national chief of the Assembly of First Nations
Steve Mapsalak, politician
Maquinna, chief of the Nuu-chah-nulth
Lee Maracle, poet and author
Leonard Marchand, politician
Donald Marshall, wrongly convicted of murder
Matonabbee, Chipewyan hunter and leader
Claude McKenzie, singer-songwriter
Henri Membertou, Mi'kmaq leader
Andrea Menard, actress, playwright, and jazz singer
Billy Merasty, actor
Gary Merasty, politician
Ovide Mercredi, politician
Mikak, worked to create friendly relations between native Labradoreans and European traders
Milton Born With A Tooth, political activist
Gilbert Monture, honorary chief of the Mohawk tribe
Norval Morrisseau, artist
Daniel David Moses, poet and playwright
Ted Moses, politician
Nahnebahwequa, Ojibwa spokeswoman and Christian Missionary
Nakasuk, founder of Iqaluit, Nunavut
Patterk Netser, politician
Sandra Lovelace Nicholas, Canadian Senator
Ted Nolan, ice hockey player
Charles Nolin, political organiser who opposed the North-West Rebellion
Nonosbawsut, leader of the Beothuk people
John Norquay, Premier of Manitoba
Henry Norwest, sniper, Military Medal winner
Kaúxuma Núpika, prophetess
Jobie Nutarak, politician
Alanis Obomsawin, filmmaker
Paul Okalik, premier of Nunavut
Bernard Ominayak, elected leader of the Lubicon Lake Indian Nation
Joseph Onasakenrat, Mohawk chief of Kanesatake, Quebec
Jessie Oonark, artist
Oronhyatekha, first Aboriginal medical doctor
Helen Betty Osborne, Manitoba woman, kidnapped and murdered
Francis Pegahmagabow, sniper, Military Medal winner
Buckley Petawabano, actor and communications consultant
Piapot, leader, diplomat, warrior, horse thief, and spiritualist
Pitikwahanapiwiyin (Poundmaker}, Cree chief
Chief Pontiac, Ottawa war leader
Jerry Potts, guide and interpreter
Gaylord Powless, lacrosse player
Ross Powless, lacrosse player
Tommy Prince, war hero
Bill Reid, jeweler, sculptor and artist
Sandrine Renard, newscaster on the Naked News
Louis Riel, Métis leader
Louis Riel Sr., Métis leader
Robbie Robertson, songwriter and guitarist
Carla Robinson, television journalist
Eden Robinson, writer
Eric Robinson, politician
Denis Rocan, politician
Suzanne Rochon-Burnett, business woman
Ian Ross, playwright
James Ross, lawyer
Todd Russell, politician
Buffy Sainte-Marie, musician
Guillaume Sayer, fur trader
Eric Schweig, actor and carver
James Sewid, former Chief councillor of the Kwakwaka'wakw
Shanawdithit, believed to have been the last surviving member of the Beothuk people
John Shiwak, sniper
Jay Silverheels, actor best known for playing Tonto
David Simailak, politician
Sheldon Souray, ice hockey player
Gerry St. Germain, politician
Kinnie Starr, singer-songwriter
Ralph Steinhauer, Lieutenant Governor of Alberta.
Brent Stutsky, bassist Breach of Trust
Thomas Suluk, politician
Cree Summer, voice actress
Tanya Tagaq Gillis, singer & artist
Louis Tapardjuk, politician
Drew Hayden Taylor, playwright and journalist
Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha, first Indigenous person considered for Sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church
Irene Avaalaaqiaq Tiktaalaaq, artist
Simon Tookoome, artist
Hunter Tootoo, politician
Jordin Tootoo, ice hockey player
Gordon Tootoosis, actor
Bryan Trottier, ice hockey player
Shania Twain, singer-songwriter
Walter Patrick Twinn, Canadian Senator
Abraham Ulrikab, zoo exhibit in Hamburg, Germany
Roy Henry Vickers, artist
Florent Vollant, singer-songwriter
Barbara Wardlaw, interim leader First Peoples National Party of Canada
Charlie Watt, Canadian Senator
Sheila Watt-Cloutier, Inuk activist
Myron Wolf Child, youth activist, public speaker and politician
Dean Zabolotney, guitarist Breach of Trust

[edit] In the United States

See List of Native Americans Gerald James Laliberte, Shipper/Receiver, Saskatoon

This issue is complicated because a great majority of Mexicans are mestizos and therefore being part Native is not unusual as in Canada or the US. The list only include indigenous proper and mestizos with an indigenous parent. This list also includes a few Pre-Columbian figures considered remarkable in the history and culture of Mexico.