Native American Speakers

Winona LaDuke

As Program Director of the Honor the Earth Fund, LaDuke is a Native American environmental activist who has achieved national prominence advocating, raising public support, and creating funding for frontline native environmental groups. Twice Ralph Nader’s vice-presidential candidate for the Green Party, she stresses ...

Chad "Corntassel" Smith

Chad Smith, the former Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, is a soft spoken strategic thinker who has been a powerful force in building businesses and working toward self-sufficient Native American nations.

Dennis Zotigh

Dennis W. Zotigh is a Kiowa, San Juan Pueblo and Santee Dakota Indian and resides in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He is a member of the Kiowa Gourd Clan and San Juan Pueblo Winter Clan, and is a descendent of Sitting Bear and No Retreat, both principal war chiefs of the Kiowas. As American Indian Research Historian, he has ...

Dallas Arcand

Arcand is an Aboriginal Entertainer from the Alexander (Kipohtakaw) Cree Nation, located near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Arcand has been a World Class Hoop Dancer for ten years, and in 2004 and 2005 was awarded 2nd prize at the Heard Museum’s Annual World Championship Hoop Dancing contest in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. In ...

Joy Harjo

Author of "Reinventing the Enemy's Language" and "Women Who Fell From the Sky". Recording artist with her band Poetic Justice.

Tatanka Means

Tatanka Means, accomplished actor, comedian, and equality advocate, starred in the Emmy Award-winning miniseries Into the West, created by Stephen Spielberg. In it, he played one of history's most influential Native American leaders, "Crazy Horse," a role that earned him high praise among the stellar cast of Native ...

Billy Mills

The only American to ever win the Olympic gold medal in the 10,000 meter run, Mills is the subject of the inspirational film Running Brave. Author of "Wokini", a combination of traditional Native American beliefs and modern therapy.

Zonnie Gorman

Recognized historian of the Navajo Code Talkers of World War II, Zonnie Gorman is an expert in her field and a dedicated teacher. She has served as a consultant to numerous documentaries, museum exhibitions and authors. Gorman is currently the Project Coordinator for the Circle of Light Navajo Educational Project, a ...

Russell Means

Called "the most famous American Indian since Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse" by the L.A. Times, Means is a social, political, and environmental activist. An early leader in the American Indian Movement, he has fought for human rights for over 40 years.

Suzan Shown Harjo

Suzan Shown Harjo (Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee) is a poet, writer, lecturer, curator, and policy advocate, who has helped Native Peoples recover more than one million acres of land and numerous sacred places.