I helped defeat the bill.’” After serving in the state legislature, Givens continued to make history as the first Native ...

Photographer Josué Rivas founded the Standing Strong Project ... became the first two American Indian women elected to the U.S. Congress. Two Native American men, both Republicans from Oklahoma ...

Q: Have women ever run a Native American nation? Virginia Plumley | Huntington, West Virginia Native women, especially respected elders, have always been involved in important decisions.

Ross excelled beyond expectations at Lockheed, at a time when it was unheard of for a Native American woman to enter this sort of workforce, let alone make a significant mark upon the future of ...

Strong, Arkansas native Destinee Rogers has helped make ... Rogers is no stranger to being a part of history—the first African American female coach to win a game at Arkansas State, the first ...

Who We Are" also features several short films made by Native American teens to express their lives. Swinomish youth in Washington State dramatize teens at-risk on the reservation, with a strong ...

the 107 female legislators who are Asian American or Pacific Islander have broken the record of 100 set in 2023; and women who identify as Native American, Alaska Native or Native Hawaiian hold 44 ...