White Earth Band of Ojibwe

The list White Earth Band of Ojibwe includes Winona LaDuke, Chief Bender, Gerald Vizenor, Wabanquot (Chippewa chief) and Vernon Bellecourt. The list consists of 15 members and 1 sublist.

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Winona LaDuke

Author and activist

Overview: Winona LaDuke (born August 18, 1959) is an American environmentalist, economist, and writer, known for her work on tribal land claims and preservation, as well as sustainable development. In a December ...

Date of birth: 1959

Age: 66

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Female

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Ojibwe writers 2T

Jewish American candidates for Vice President of the United States 6T

Native American candidates for Vice President of the United States 5T
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Chief Bender

American baseball player and coach

Overview: Charles Albert "Chief" Bender (May 5, 1884 – May 22, 1954) was a pitcher in Major League Baseball during the 1900s and 1910s. In 1911, Bender tied a record by pitching three complete games in a single ...

Date of birth: 5 May 1884

Date of death: 22 May 1954

Age: 70 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Baseball

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Philadelphia Athletics scouts 18T

Dickinson Red Devils baseball players 5T

People from Crow Wing County, Minnesota 11T
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Joe Guyon

American football player and coach, baseball player and coach (1892-1971)

Overview: Joseph Napoleon "Big Chief" Guyon (Anishinaabe: O-Gee-Chidah, translated as "Big Brave"; November 26, 1892 – November 27, 1971) was an American Indian from the Ojibwa tribe (Chippewa) who was an American ...

Date of birth: 26 November 1892

Date of death: 27 November 1971

Age: 79 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Football (American)

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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High school football coaches in Kentucky 47T

Coaches of American football from Minnesota 29T

Union Bulldogs baseball coaches 1T
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Vernon Bellecourt

American activist

Overview: Vernon Bellecourt (WaBun-Inini) (October 17, 1931 – October 13, 2007) was a member of the White Earth Band of Ojibwe (located in Minnesota), a Native American rights activist, and a leader in the American ...

Date of birth: 17 October 1931

Date of death: 13 October 2007

Age: 75 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

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Members of the American Indian Movement 34T

20th-century Native Americans 305T

Ojibwe people 199T
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Robert Lilligren

American politician

Overview: Robert Lilligren (born July 2, 1960) is an American politician and member of the Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party. He was an elected member of the Minneapolis City Council. He was first elected ...

Date of birth: 2 July 1960

Age: 64

Nationality: Canadian

Occupation: Politician

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LGBT members of the Minneapolis City Council 4T

LGBT people from Minnesota 72T

LGBT city councillors from the United States 90T
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Clyde Bellecourt

White Earth Ojibwe activist

Overview: Clyde Howard Bellecourt (May 8, 1936 – January 11, 2022) was a civil rights organizer noted for co-founding the American Indian Movement (AIM) in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1968 with Dennis Banks, Eddie ...

Date of birth: 8 May 1936

Date of death: 11 January 2022

Age: 85 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Activist

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Members of the American Indian Movement 34T

20th-century Native Americans 305T

Ojibwe people 199T
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Gerald Vizenor

American writer

Overview: Gerald Robert Vizenor (born 1934) is an American writer and scholar, and an enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, White Earth Reservation. Vizenor also taught for many years at the University ...

Date of birth: 1934

Age: 91

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Male

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Ojibwe writers 2T

American male non-fiction writers 4,581T

PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award winners 91T
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White Earth Band of Ojibwe

Native American band in Minnesota, USA

Overview: The White Earth Band of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, also called the White Earth Nation (Ojibwe: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag Anishinaabeg, lit. "People from where there is an abundance of white clay"), is a ...

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Ojibwe governments 40T

Native American tribes in Minnesota 22T
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Wabanquot (Chippewa chief)

Chippewa chief

Overview: Wabanquot, Wabonaquod, Wah-bon-ah-quot, Wau-bon-a-quat or Wa-bon-o-quot (ca. 1830-1898) was an Ojibwa chief.

Date of birth: 1830

Date of death: 1898

Age: 67 (age at death)

Nationality: American

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1830s births 259T

1830 births 1,856T

1898 deaths 1,788T
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Wainchemahdub

Chief of the Ojibwe tribe

Overview: Wenji-maadab (recorded in English as Wain-che-mah-dub, Wen-ge-mah-dub or Wendjimadub, meaning "Where He Moves From Sitting")(born March 10, 1840, died February 14, 1920 or 1921), was a Chief of the Ojibwe ...

Date of birth: 1840

Age: 185

Nationality: American

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Joseph Gilfillan

Irish Episcopal missionary to Native Americans

Overview: Joseph Alexander Gilfillan (1838-November 18, 1913) was an Episcopal missionary to Native Americans of the Ojibwa Tribe on White Earth Reservation in northern Minnesota during 35 years from 1873 until ...

Date of birth: 1838

Date of death: 1913

Age: 74 (age at death)

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Charlie Roy

American baseball player

Overview: Robert Charles Roy (1884–1950), was a professional baseball pitcher in the Major Leagues for the 1906 Philadelphia Phillies. After playing baseball at the Morris Industrial School for Indians in ...

Date of birth: 22 June 1884

Date of death: 10 February 1950

Age: 65 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Baseball

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Native American United States military personnel 91T

Wilmington Peaches players 31T

Newark Sailors players 56T
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Jennifer Jermaine

American politician

Overview: Jennifer Jermaine is an American politician and a Democratic member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 18 since January 14, 2019. Jermaine was elected in 2018 to succeed incumbent ...

Occupation: Politician

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21st-century American women politicians 3,162T

21st-century American politicians 12,723T

Native American women in politics 70T
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White Earth Land Recovery Project

Minnesota nonprofit organization

Overview: The White Earth Land Recovery Project (WELRP) is a nonprofit, grassroots organization that seeks to recover land for the Anishinaabeg people on the White Earth Indian Reservation in western Minnesota and ...

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White Earth Indian Reservation

Anishinaabe / Ojibwe reservation in Minnesota

Overview: The White Earth Indian Reservation (Ojibwe: Gaa-waabaabiganikaag, 'Where there is an abundance of white clay') is home to the White Earth Band, in northwestern Minnesota. It is the largest Indian rese ...

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