Native American Biographies

Includes index.

CONTENTS:
Unit 1: Native Americans in Literature and Drama
Hanay Geiogamah, Delaware-Kiowa playwright and director
N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa writer
Wendy Rose, Hopi Miwok poet
Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo writer
Joy Harjo, Creek poet
Cultural Connections
Writing Workshop: Autobiography

Unit 2: Native Americans in Fine Arts and Performance
Kay WalkingStick, Cherokee painter
Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota Olympic distance runner
Pablita Velarde, Tewa artist and illustrator
Rodney Grant, Omaha actor
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Flathead painter
Cultural Connections
Writing Workshop: Biographical Sketch

Unit 3: Native Americans in the Sciences and Math
Mary Ross, Cherokee engineer
Al Qöyawayma, Hopi mechanical engineer and environmentalist
Laura Weber, Mohawk environmental engineer
Fred Begay, Navajo physicist
Lois Steele (M.D.), Assiniboine physician
Cultural Connections
Writing Workshop: Biographical Sketch

Unit 4: Native Americans in Education and Public Service
Rick Hill, Tuscarora museum curator
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne senator
Shirley Hill Witt, Akwesasne Mohawk anthropologist
Thomas Segundo, Tohono O'odham council chairman
Laura Wittstock, Seneca media consultant
Billy Frank, Nisqually environmental activist
Cultural Connections
Writing Workshop: Researched Biography