5. Follow these notable Indigenous artists and leaders
(I would add the late musician/activist #KleeBenally, writer #MorganTalty, and artist/activist #JacobJohns to this list -- feel free to add more names...)
"Check out award-winning journalist #BrandiMorin (Cree/Iroquois); Miss Universe Canada 2024 Ashley Callingbull (Enoch Cree); Emmy nominee Lily Gladstone (Piegan Blackfeet/Siksikaitsitapi & Nez Perce/Nimíipuu); Amber Midthunder (Fort Peck Assiniboine & Sioux) from Prey; boxer/actress Kali Reis (Wampanoag); author, playwright, and community leader Melissa Tantequidgeon (Mohegan); Elder Gary O'Neil (Wangunk); US Treasurer Marilynn Malerba (Mohegan); 2024 National Teacher of the Year Wunneanatsu Lamb-Cason (Schaghticoke/HoChunk); filmmaker Sterlin Harjo (Seminole); artist Wendy Red Star (Apsáalooke/Crow); researcher Abigail Echo-Hawk (Pawnee), comedian #DallasGoldtooth (Dakota and Diné); Emmy nominee, model Quannah ChasingHorse (Hän Gwich'in , Sicangu and Oglala Lakota); musician Tia Wood (Plains Cree and Coast Salish); fashion designer Lauren Good Day (Arikara, Hidatsa, Blackfeet, Plains Cree)."
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