This week features indigenous people from around the world. According to wikitree.com
I am:
18 degrees from Graham Greene
13 degrees from Molly Brant
17 degrees from Sequoyah Cherokee
20 degrees from Pauline Johnson
13 degrees from Andre Millet dit Beauchemin
24 degrees from Lowitja O'Donoghue
13 degrees from Pontiac Odawa
26 degrees from Te Atairangikaahu Paki
22 degrees from Mary Reid
15 degrees from John Ross
24 degrees from Rell Sunn
17 degrees from Jim Thorpe
More about them:
Graham Greene (1952-2025), Canadian First Nations (Oneida) actor and recording artist. Famous for his appearances in movies, television, and theatre.
Mary Brant, who played a crucial role for the Mohawk during the American Revolutionary
War and was instrumental in the prosperity and enduring heritage of Cataraqui.
Sequoyah of the Cherokee Nation, known also as George Gist, world-famous for his
invention of the Cherokee syllabary, a system for writing the Cherokee language;
believed to be the only person to have ever created a writing system for an existing non-
written language.
Emily "Tekahionwake" Johnson, the daughter of a Mohawk chief of the Six Nations, a
Canadian poet, writer, and entertainer.
Andre Millet dit Beauchemin, early Metis leader from Manitoba who offered the resignation of his legislative seat for the good of the Metis' cause so that Louis Riel could
serve in his place.
Lowitja O'Donoghue, Indigenous Rights Activist, nurse and public administrator.
Chief Pontiac, leader of the Odawa during the French and Indian War (part of the global
Seven Years War). He was also head chief of the Ottawa, Ojibwa, Heron, and Delaware
tribes during the War.
Queen Te Atairangikaahu of the Maori.
Mary Reid, became the first First Nations woman to serve in the Canadian Armed Forces
when she enlisted in the Canadian Women˙s Army Corp. in 1942.
John Ross, principal Chief of the Cherokee nation, serving in the position longer than any
other person.
Rell Sunn, World Surfing Champion known as the "Queen of Makaha" who pioneered women's surfing, as well as working as a radio disc jockey and surf reporter.
Jim Thorpe, arguably the greatest athlete of the 20th century, was the first Native
American Olympic gold medalist, winning gold medals for the United States in the 1912
Olympics in the decathlon and pentathlon. He played professional basketball, Major
League Baseball and National League Football, and was the soon-to-be-NFL's first
president.
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I have some ancestors that were actors, architects, astronauts, Afro-American, bank robbers, boxers, comedians, detectives, pro hockey players, singers and musicians, painters, physicians, politicians, poets, popes, writers. I guess that
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