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John Slocum  — Research Starter

John Slocum was a significant figure in the Skokomish community, known for founding the Indian Shaker Church in the early 1880s. Prior to this religious transformation, Slocum led a life marked by…

John Otherday  — Research Starter

John Otherday was a significant figure in the history of the Sioux during a turbulent period in the 19th century. Originally known for his tumultuous youth marked by heavy drinking and violence, he…

John N. B. Hewitt  — Research Starter

John N. B. Hewitt was an influential ethnologist born in 1859 in Lewiston, New York, with a rich heritage that included French, English, Tuscarora, and Scottish ancestry. Initially aspiring to become…

John L. Adair  — Research Starter

John L. Adair was born in 1828 within the boundaries of the original Cherokee Nation, located in what is now northern Georgia. He belonged to a family with Irish roots that had intermarried with the…

John Konkapot  — Research Starter

John Konkapot was a prominent chief of the Mahican tribe, who initially inhabited lands near Albany, New York, before being displaced by the Mohawks in 1664. The Mahicans then relocated to the…

John Grass  — Research Starter

John Grass, also known by his Dakota name "Pezi," meaning "field of grass," was a significant figure among the Sioux people in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. He was the son of a Sioux leader…

Jesse Chisholm  — Research Starter

Jesse Chisholm was a half-blood Cherokee born in Tennessee who significantly contributed to the interactions between various Native American tribes in the mid-19th century. Before the Trail of Tears,…

Jerome R. Tiger  — Research Starter

Jerome R. Tiger was a notable Native American artist known for his evocative paintings and sketches that capture the cultural heritage and contemporary life of the Creek and Seminole people. Spending…

James Murie  — Research Starter

James Murie was a Skidi Pawnee born in Nebraska in 1862, during a tumultuous period marked by conflict with the Sioux. He was among the early Native Americans to attend Hampton Institute in Virginia,…