important peop[le to american history

[patches2593]

i have to do a project about someone from the american history. i prefer native americans/indians

they need to be famous and important. im having trouble finding someone :?

 

[irishbunny]

I don't know much about the history of Native Americans in American history, but I did a quick search and pulled a couple I liked for you. I'll leave links and you can take a look and see if any take your interest

Sitting Bull- Was of the most famous Natives in American history. He was a Sioux holy man who led his people as a tribal chief during years of resistance to United States government policies


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sitting_Bull

Sequoyah- Created a Cherokee syllabary so that people could read and write in Cherokee.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequoyah

 

[SApple]

Here are the major ones most american school children learn about:

Pocahontas- notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia. She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan, the head of a network of tributary tribal nations in the Tidewater region of Virginia. In a well-known historical anecdote, she is said to have saved the life of an Indian captive, Englishman John Smith, in 1607 by placing her head upon his own when her father raised his war club to execute him.

Geronimo - was a prominent Native American leader of the Chiricahua Apache who defended his people against the encroachment of the US on their tribal lands for over 25 years.

Sacajawea - Sacajawea is most well know for accompanying Meriwether Lewis and William Clark during their Corps of Discovery of the Western United States in 1806.

Squanto - Assisting the Pilgrims during their first, harsh winter, the Patuxet, Tasquantum (Squanto) befriended the group in order to see them safely through to spring.

 

[LakeCondo]

My suggestion is a Native American who hasn't been remembered as much as he deserves. He opposed American expansion, but after defeat, worked to help his people adapt to the changed circumstances. He died of illness at about the time the US ordered all Natives deported to west of the Mississippi River.

Little Turtle [Me-she-kin-no] c1750-1812 was a Miami chief who in 1791 caused the greatest loss EVER by Native Americans to US troops. He was defeated a few years later & from then on cooperated with the US to help his people. He met George Washington in 1797 & talked with Thomas Jefferson about agriculture [which was one of Jefferson's chief interests].

Or you might do his son-in-law, William Wells, who was captured & raised by the Miami tribe. His Indian name meant "carrot hair". After there was peace between the Miami & the US, he became an Indian Agent, mediating between the 2 cultures. He was killed in the War of 1812 in what is now Chicago, leading a band of Miami to protect the people in the fort there.

 

[kmaben]

Frank Hopkins. The movie hildalgo is based on (hollywood) based on his life. Pretty neat dude.

 

[Nancy McClelland]

Ira Hayes--a Pima from Arizona who received the CMH for the flag raising at Iwo Jima. He didn't have the right to vote in his state but could be sent to war. Nancy did a paper on him and compared his situation to many who served in Viet Nam--we couldn't vote for those who were sending us to war and death.