Carrie and Mary Dann, indigenous land rights activists -- Lori Arviso Alvord, surgeon -- Charlotte A. Black Elk, Pine Ridge Indian Reservation -- Joy Harjo, poet and musician -- Pualani Kanahele, Kumu hula (dance teacher) and educator -- Winona LaDuke, environmental activist -- Wilma Mankiller, author, activist, former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma -- Muriel Miguel, actress, director of Spiderwoman Theater -- Janine Pease-Pretty on Top, president of Little Big Horn College -- Joanne Shenandoah, composer, performer -- Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, painter -- Rosita Worl, anthropologist.