20th-century indigenous people of the Americas

The list 20th-century indigenous people of the Americas includes Fefe Dobson, Crystle Lightning, Tanaya Beatty, Buffy Sainte-Marie and Tantoo Cardinal. The list consists of 77 members and 8 sublists.

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Landmass comprising the totality of North and South America

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20th-century Native Americans
6L, 1,299T
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20th-century First Nations people
2L, 233T
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20th-century Mapuche people
28T
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20th-century indigenous writers of the Americas
2L, 11T
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- Manuel Ortiz Guerrero
20th-century indigenous artists of the Americas
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- Mario Urteaga Alvarado
20th-century indigenous women of the Americas
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20th-century indigenous leaders of the Americas
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1.

Eric Schweig

Actor

Overview: Eric Schweig (born Ray Dean Thrasher on 19 June 1967) is a Canadian actor best known for his role as Chingachgook's son Uncas in The Last of the Mohicans (1992).

Date of birth: 19 June 1967

Age: 57

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Inuit from the Northwest Territories 173T

Male actors of German descent 672T

Inuit male actors 5T
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Fefe Dobson

Canadian singer-songwriter

Overview: Felicia Lily Dobson (born February 28, 1985) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Born in Toronto, Ontario, she began performing as a teenager, during which time she received and refused an offer from ...

Date of birth: 28 February 1985

Age: 40

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Yelawolf (Married)

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21st-century Canadian women singers 544T

Black Canadian singers 107T

21st-century First Nations people 173T
3.

Crystle Lightning

Canadian actor and model

Overview: Crystle Lea Lightning (born February 5, 1981) is a Canadian-American film actress, musician, DJ, and hip-hop MC. A dedicated electro house DJ, Crystle recently moved from the booth to the center-stage ...

Date of birth: 5 February 1981

Age: 44

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: RedCloud (Married)

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21st-century Canadian rappers 152T

21st-century First Nations people 173T

20th-century First Nations people 177T
4.

Yalitza Aparicio

Mexican, Actress

Overview: Yalitza Aparicio Martínez (born 11 December 1993) is a Mexican actress. She made her film debut as Cleo in Alfonso Cuarón's 2018 drama Roma, which earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best ...

Date of birth: 11 December 1993

Age: 31

Nationality: Mexican

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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21st-century indigenous women of the Americas 42T

21st-century Mexican women educators 9T

Mexican women educators 38T
5.

Tanaya Beatty

Canadian, Actress

Overview: Tanaya Beatty (born February 12, 1991) is a Canadian actress. She is known for her role as Rachel Black in the movie adaptation of The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 1 as well as her starring roles ...

Date of birth: 12 February 1991

Age: 34

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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21st-century indigenous women of the Americas 198T

21st-century First Nations people 275T

20th-century First Nations people 233T
6.

Tantoo Cardinal

Canadian actress

Overview: Tantoo Cardinal CM (born Rose Marie Cardinal; July 20, 1950) is a Canadian actress of Cree and Métis heritage. In 2009, she was made a member of the Order of Canada "for her contributions to the growth ...

Date of birth: 20 July 1950

Age: 74

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 7" (170 cm)

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Métis people from Alberta 15T

21st-century First Nations people 226T

20th-century First Nations people 204T
7.

Buffy Sainte-Marie

American musician

Overview: Buffy Sainte-Marie, CC (born Beverly Sainte-Marie, February 20, 1941) is an Indigenous Canadian-American (Piapot Cree Nation) singer-songwriter, musician, composer, visual artist, educator, pacifist, and ...

Date of birth: 20 February 1941

Age: 84

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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University of Massachusetts Amherst College of Education alumni 42T

Piapot Cree Nation 8T

20th-century Canadian women singers 295T
8.

Tina Keeper

Canadian politician

Overview: Tina Keeper, OM (born March 20, 1962) is a Cree actress, film producer and former politician from Canada.

Date of birth: 20 March 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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21st-century Canadian women politicians 807T

21st-century First Nations people 173T

Best Actress in a Drama Series Canadian Screen Award winners 27T
9.

Annick Obonsawin

Canadian actress

Overview: Annick Obonsawin (born October 12, 1983) is a First Nations Abenaki Canadian actress, voice artist, singer, and musician.

Date of birth: 12 October 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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21st-century Canadian women singers 544T

21st-century First Nations people 173T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
10.

Kahn Tineta Horn

Mohawk political activist and fashion model

Overview: Kahn-Tineta Horn (born 16 April 1940, New York City) is a Mohawk political activist, civil servant, and former fashion model. Since 1972, she has held various positions in the social, community and ed ...

Date of birth: 16 April 1940

Age: 84

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

Gender: Female

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Mohawks of Kahnawá:ke 11T

21st-century First Nations people 217T

20th-century Canadian women 637T
11.

Lila Downs

Musical artist

Overview: Ana Lila Downs Sánchez (born 9 September 1968) is a Mexican singer-songwriter. She performs her own compositions and the works of others in multiple genres, as well as tapping into Mexican traditional ...

Date of birth: 19 September 1968

Age: 56

Nationality: Mexican

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

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Indigenous Mexican women 34T

Women in Latin music 511T

People from Tlaxiaco 3T
12.

Tajja Isen

Canadian writer and actress

Overview: Tajja Isen (born June 29, 1991) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress best known for voicing the title character in the television series Atomic Betty. She has several other voice credits, including ...

Date of birth: 29 June 1991

Age: 33

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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21st-century Canadian essayists 62T

21st-century First Nations people 173T

20th-century First Nations people 177T
13.

Andrea Menard

Canadian actor

Overview: Andrea Menard (born 1971) is a Canadian actress, playwright, and jazz singer.

Date of birth: 5 January 1971

Age: 54

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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21st-century Canadian women singers 544T

21st-century First Nations people 173T

21st-century women singers 8,493T
14.

Jennifer Podemski

Canadian actress

Overview: Jennifer Podemski (born 1974) is a Canadian film and television actress and producer.

Date of birth: 1983

Age: 41

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 8" (173 cm)

Partner: Doug Bedard (Married)

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Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation people 4T

20th-century indigenous women of the Americas 82T

Canadian people of Lenape descent 3T
15.

Susan Aglukark

Canadian singer

Overview: Susan Aglukark, (Inuktitut syllabics: ᓲᓴᓐ ᐊᒡᓘᒃᑲᖅ suusan agluukkaq), (born 27 January 1967) is a Canadian singer whose blend of Inuit folk music traditions with country and pop songwriting has made her ...

Date of birth: 27 January 1967

Age: 58

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Singer

Gender: Female

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20th-century Canadian women singers 296T

21st-century Canadian women singers 658T

Inuit from the Northwest Territories 197T
16.

Wilma Pelly

Canadian, Actress

Overview: Wilma Pelly (born March 5, 1937) is a Canadian film and television actress, best known for her roles as Elsie Tsa'Che in the CBC Television drama North of 60 and as Kookum in Mixed Blessings and the second ...

Date of birth: 5 March 1937

Date of death: 28 December 2020

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

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2020 deaths 13,569T

21st-century First Nations people 236T

20th-century First Nations people 214T
17.

Jonathan Joss

American actor

Overview: Jonathan Joss (born December 22, 1965) is an American actor. He is best known for portraying the voice of John Redcorn from season 2 to 13 of the animated series King of the Hill, and for his recurring ...

Date of birth: 22 December 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

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21st-century indigenous people of the Americas 41T

Male actors from San Antonio, Texas 41T

Native American male actors 94T
18.

Fred Loft

Canadian, Activist

Overview: Frederick Ogilvie Loft (February 3, 1861 – 1934, Mohawk name Onondeyoh, also known as F. O. Loft or Fred O. Loft) was a Mohawk nation activist who founded the League of Indians of Canada. He has been ...

Date of birth: 3 February 1861

Date of death: 1934

Age: 72 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Activist

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20th-century First Nations people 177T

19th-century indigenous people of the Americas 7T

Canadian Aboriginal military personnel 12T
19.

Dayuma

Huaorani leader

Overview: Dayuma (also Dayumae) (born ca. 1930, - March 1, 2014) was a member of the Huaorani tribe and a citizen of Ecuador. She is a central figure in the Operation Auca saga, in that she was the first Huao convert ...

Date of birth: 1930

Date of death: 1 February 2014

Age: 83 (age at death)

Nationality: Ecuadorean

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2014 deaths 9,515T

Converts to Christianity from pagan religions 99T

Indigenous people of the Amazon 9T
20.

Bill Reid

Haida carver (1920–1998)

Overview: William Ronald Reid Jr. OBC RCA (12 January 1920 – 13 March 1998) (Haida) was a Canadian artist whose works include jewelry, sculpture, screen-printing, and paintings. Some of his major works were featured ...

Date of birth: 12 January 1920

Date of death: 13 March 1998

Age: 78 (age at death)

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

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Canadian male sculptors 178T

Haida woodcarvers 12T

20th-century male artists 3,569T