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Luminaries like Jim Thorpe, King Kamehameha, Debra Haaland, and Will Rogers, along with less familiar notables such as Native Hawaiian language professor and radio host Larry Lindsey Kimura and Cree\/Mohawk forensic pathologist Dr. Kona Williams. Their stories plus the stories of 2000 people, events and places are presented in\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e Indigenous Firsts: A History of Native American Achievements and Events\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e, including ...\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSuzanne Van Cooten, Ph.D., Chickasaw Nation, the first Native female meteorologist in the country\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCaleb Cheeshahteaumuck, Wampanoag from Martha's Vineyard, graduate of Harvard College in 1665\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDebra Haaland, the Pueblo of Laguna, U.S. Congresswoman and Secretary of the Interior\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSam Campos, the Native Hawaiian who developed the Hawaiian superhero Pineapple Man\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThomas L. Sloan, Omaha, was the first Native American to argue a case before the U.S. Supreme Court\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWilliam R. Pogue, Choctaw, astronaut\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJohnston Murray, Chickasaw, the first person of Native American descent to be elected governor in the United States, holding the office in Oklahoma from 1951 to 1955\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Cherokee Phoenix published its first edition February 21, 1828, making it the first tribal newspaper in North America and the first to be published in an Indigenous language\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe National Native American Honor Society was founded by acclaimed geneticist Dr. Frank C. Dukepoo, the first Hopi to earn a Ph.D.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLouis Sockalexis, Penobscot, became the first Native American in the National Baseball League in 1897 as an outfielder with the Cleveland Spiders\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJock Soto, Navajo\/Puerto Rican, the youngest-ever man to be the principal dancer with the New York City Ballet\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Seminole Tribe of Florida was the first Nation to own and operate an airplane manufacturing company\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWarrior's Circle of Honor, the National Native American Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, on the grounds of the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Iolani Palace, constructed 1879-1882, the home of the Hawaiian royal family in Honolulu\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoriene Roy, Anishinaabe, White Earth Nation, professor at the University of Texas at Austin's School of Information, former president of the American Library Association\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBen Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne, U.S. representative and U.S. senator from Colorado\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eHanay Geiogamah, Kiowa \/Delaware, founded the American Indian Theatre Ensemble\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGerald Vizenor, White Earth Nation, writer, literary critic, and journalist for the Minneapolis Tribune\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEly S. Parker (Hasanoanda, later Donehogawa), Tonawanda Seneca, lieutenant colonel in the Union Army, serving as General Ulysses S. Grant's military secretary\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFritz Scholder, Luiseno, painter inducted into the California Hall of Fame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Native American Women Warriors, the first all Native American female color guard\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLori Arviso Alvord, the first Navajo woman to become a board-certified surgeon\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKay \"Kaibah\" C. Bennett, Navajo, teacher, author, and the first woman to run for the presidency of the Navajo Nation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSandra Sunrising Osawa, Makah Indian Nation, the first Native American to have a series on commercial television\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Choctaw people's 1847 donation to aid the Irish people suffering from the great famine\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eOtakuye Conroy-Ben, Oglala Lakota, first to earn an environmental engineering Ph.D. at the University of Arizona\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiane J. Willis, Kiowa, former President of the Society of Pediatric Psychology and founding editor of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eShelly Niro, Mohawk, winner of Canada's top photography prize, the Scotiabank Photography Award\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLoren Leman, Alutiiq\/Russian-Polish, was the first Alaska Native elected lieutenant governor\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eKim TallBear, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, the first recipient of the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Environment\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eCarissa Moore, Native Hawaiian, won the Gold Medal in Surfing at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWill Rogers, Cherokee, actor, performer, humorist was named the first honorary mayor of Beverly Hills\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFoods of the Southwest Indian Nations by Lois Ellen Frank, Kiowa, was the first Native American cookbook to win the James Beard Award\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDiane Humetewa, Hopi, nominated by President Barack Obama, became the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSusie Walking Bear Yellowtail, Crow, the first Native American nurse to be inducted into the American Nursing Association Hall of Fame\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eIndigenous Firsts\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e honors the ongoing and rich history of personal victories and triumphs, and with more than 200 photos and illustrations, this information-rich book also includes a helpful bibliography and an extensive index, adding to its usefulness. This vital collection will appeal to anyone interested in America's amazing history and its resilient and skilled Indigenous people.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 496\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.3 x 9.2 x 7.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 25, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47392715899058,"sku":"9781578597123","price":32.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0770\/3891\/1666\/files\/2153bd90a9f04c927c1fffd44fd25130_3f5002f4-7d2e-4e21-82ba-1d184e1ba7c4.webp?v=1777967089","url":"https:\/\/box.dadyminds.org\/products\/indigenous-firsts-a-history-of-native-american-achievements-and-events-paperback","provider":"DADYMINDS BOX","version":"1.0","type":"link"}