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  • Tamanend, Chief of the Lenape (1628 - 1701)
    Tamanend or Tammany or Tammamend, the "affable"[1], (c. 1628-1698) was a chief of one of the clans that made up the Lenni-Lenape nation in the Delaware Valley at the time Philadelphia was established...
  • Hualani Ahung (1844 - 1906)
    Hualani Ahung (1844–1906) had a Chinese father and Cherokee-Hawaiian mother. As customary at the time, she also took a Christian first name for her baptism. Her mother, a descendant of King Kūaliʻi of ...
  • Thomas Spencer (c.1749 - 1777)
    Born: c.1749 at Onoquaga Died: August 6, 1777 at Oriskany Thomas Spencer was an Oneida, the son of an Oneida woman and the Presbyterian missionary Elihu Spencer, who supported the Patriots agains...
  • David Moniac (1802 - 1836)
    David Moniac was the first Indian ever admitted to West Point Military Acadamy. He was enrolled from 18 Sept. 1817 until 1 Jul. 1822 when he was appointed to the rank of 2nd Lieutenant. Lt. Moniac retu...
  • Rev William Luther Moore (1857 - 1930)
    Find a Grave Birth: Oct. 12, 1857 Columbus County North Carolina, USA Death: Dec. 22, 1930 Maxton Robeson County North Carolina, USA Rev. Moore was a Waccamaw Siouan Indian . He was the son of ...

What is a "notable?". "worthy of notice"; that is, "significant, interesting, or unusual enough to deserve attention or to be recorded". Notable in the sense of being "famous", or "popular"—although not irrelevant—is secondary.

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