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Our CALIE resource is being compiled to introduce young Native American Indian students to a few of their nations' most famous Indian chiefs of North America, the brave tribal leaders and warriors who have left their mark on the history of our great lands — please do your own research to learn more in-depth facts, biographies and their most noteworthy quotes about these famous Native American Indians. The California Indian Education website's "top ten" Indian chiefs is not so much about listing the top 10 chiefs of all time (which would be impossible), but this guide is about beginning a study resource to familiarize students with some of the most important Native American leaders of the known past. To help CALIE build this inspirational leaders page please CONTACT the webmaster to contribute your favorite Indian leaders for publication.
TOP 10 FAMOUS NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN CHIEFS Warriors Leaders of Indigenous Peoples of North American Tribal Nations
Following speech by The Great Shawnee Warrior and Statesman, Chief Tecumseh, as included in the following magazine article by Simon Pokagon, Pokagon Band of Pottawatomie Nation: "And not content with hemming you in on every side, they have built at She–gog–ong (Chicago), in the very center of our country, a military fort, garrisoned with soldiers, ready and equipped for battle. "As sure as waw–kwen–og (the heavens) are above you they are determined to destroy you and your children and occupy this goodly land themselves. "Then they will destroy these forests, whose branches wave in the winds above the graves your fathers, chanting their praises. "If you doubt it, come, go with me eastward or southward a few days' journey along your ancient mi–kan–og (trails), and I will show you a land you once occupied made desolate. "You must bear in mind these strangers are not as you — they are devoid of natural affection, loving gold or gain better than one another, or ki–tchi–tchag (their own souls).
TECUMSEH Shawneed Indian Chief Warrior Speech Massacre at Fort Dearborn Famous Native American Quotes
CHIEF AMERICAN HORSE Sioux Nation Native American Indian Warrior Wasicu Tasunke
Chief American Horse, Wasicu Tasunke, Sioux Nation, was a chief during the Lakota Wars of the 1860s and 1870s. His capture and subsequent death occurred after the historic Battle of the Little Bighorn (1876). "In early life he was a clownish sort of boy among the boys — an expert mimic and impersonator.President Benito Juarez was born in San Pablo Guelatao, Oaxaca, Mexico, 1806. He studied law at the Instituto de Ciencias y Artes and was a strong defender of Mexico's indigenous peoples. He also served as the governor of Oaxaca during his distinguished political career.
BENITO JUAREZ Zapoteca President of Mexico Famous American Indian Chief Quotes Biography
CHIEF JOSEPH, Nez Perce: In his final years, Chief Joseph spoke eloquently against the injustices of U.S. Government policies and racial discrimination against Indigenous peoples and he held out hope that America's promise of freedom and equality would one day be fulfilled for Native Americans as well. Equal rights for American Indian peoples was a pretty big dream for our Native ancestors at the turn of the 20th century (late 1800s) when we stop to consider that most Indians were not even allowed to become U.S. citizens until Indian Citizenship Act of 1924 was made into law.
CHIEF JOSEPH Nez Perce Native American Indian Famous Quotes
