Members of the Iroquois (Five Nations) of Canada dance during a protest in a public square on the eve of deadline for compelled to register in 1940 in Buffalo, N.Y. Photo: Bettmann / Contributor via Getty Images
Bailey-Boushay House AIDS inpatient Walter Ketah in his room, Seattle, 1993. The Alaskan Native helped set up the AIDS task force for the Seattle Indian Health Board and traveled all over the United States speaking about AIDS at about 20 Indigenous reservations. Photo: Bromberger Hoover Photography/Getty Images
Wilma Mankiller, the first woman principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, in 1992. Photo: Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images
Members of the Osage Nation at the 96th annual Oscars at the Ovation Hollywood on March 10, 2024, in Los Angeles. Photo: Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty Images
An American Indian Movement (AIM) soldier waves an AK-47 automatic weapon in a victory salute after learning of a ceasefire agreement between AIM forces holding Wounded Knee and federal forces surrounding the village. Photo: Bettmann/Contributor via Getty Images