Native American Heritage Month 2021: Historic NA Voices

Kiowa artist M. Scott Momaday, whose 1968 Pulitzer Prize-winning novel "House Made of Dawn" helped influence Native American artists since.

First enrolled Native American astronaut in space.

Considered the first prima ballerina from the United States.

The first congressman from the Sioux nation.

First woman elected as the principal chief of the Cherokee nation.

Poet, novelist, screen play and short story writer.

The first Native American woman to participate in the Winter Olympic Games (2002).