Native American Leaders

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Elias Cornelius Boudinot (1835–1890)
Elias Cornelius Boudinot was a mixed-lineage Cherokee lawyer, newspaper editor, and lobbyist. He was active in...
Casqui (1491?–?)
Casqui was a Native American chief who ruled over a province in northeastern Arkansas in the 1500s. He was the...
Dehahuit (?–1833)
Dehahuit, hereditary chief of the Kadohadacho Caddo community of Native Americans at the time of the Louisiana...
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Duwali (1756–1839)
aka: Bowl
aka: Bowles
Duwali, also known as the Bowl or Bowles due to the Quapaw meaning ...
Guedetonguay (?–?)
aka: Guedelonguay
aka: Quedetongue
Guedetonguay was a Quapaw Indian leader in the mid-eighteenth centu...
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Heckaton (?–1842)
Heckaton was the hereditary chief of the Quapaw during their long and painful removal from their homelands in ...
Native American man wearing a headband and robes
John Jolly (?–1838)
aka: Ah ludi ski
aka: Ooluntuskee
John Jolly, president of the Arkansas Cherokee, was a key figure in...
Pacaha (?–?)
Pacaha was a Native American chief who lived in northeastern Arkansas during the 1500s. He is known solely fro...
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Sarasin (?–1832?)
aka: Saracen
aka: Sarrasin
aka: Sarasen
Sarasin was a Quapaw leader who became a legend among Arkansas sett...
Native American man in a turban with a pipe holding a tablet with letters on it
Sequoyah (1770?–1843)
aka: George Guess
aka: George Gist
Sequoyah, also known as George Guess and George Gist, is best known...
Tahlonteskee (?–1819)
aka: Tolluntuskee
Tahlonteskee, whose name is roughly translated as “Common Disturb...
Takatoka (1755?–1824)
aka: Ticketoke
aka: Ta-Ka-To-Kuh
aka: De'gata'ga
aka: Degadoga
Takatoka (whose name is spelled various ways in records of the time...
Tinhiouen
There were actually two men with the name of Tinhiouen, a father and son, who were hereditary chiefs, or caddi...