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=Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame= For tribal members who have beem inducted into the Chickasaw Hall of Fame by the Chickasaw Nation. Members are listed on the Chickasaw Nation website "In 1987 the Chickasaw Nation began honoring Chickasaws who made significant contributions to Chickasaw people or the Native American community by induction into the Chickasaw Nation Hall of Fame. Since that time, m...
Hopi Code Talkers, Heros of WWII and The Hopi Nation=For years, the contributions of the ten Hopi Code Talkers were secretHopi Code Talkers who served in the United States Army include:# Franklin Shupla # Warren Koiyaquaptewa # Frank Chapella # Travis Yaiva # Charles Lomakema # Percival Navenma # Perry Honani, Sr. # Floyd Dann, Sr.
This project aims to document notable residents of Freehold.From Freehold Township Heritage Society » Freehold History This land was first sighted by European Venetian John Cabot while sailing along the coast in 1498. The Lenni Lenape Indians originally inhabited the area called Freehold Township.It wasn’t until September 1609 that the first European actually set foot at Sandy Hook. The Dutch W...
Huguenots were French Protestants, the term possibly deriving from mispronunciation of the Swiss-German Eidgenosse, meaning sworn companion or confederate. They were at the centre of political and religious disputes in France in the 16th and 17th centuries. Under Henri II (1547-59) they formed a powerful group which included the king of Navarre and Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France, and was...
Notable women in South Australia Saint Mary Mackillop (1842-1909) co-founded an order of nuns in rural South Australia in 1866 and became the first Australian saint of the Catholic Church in 2010. Wikipedia South Australian suffragette Catherine Helen Spence (1825-1910). In 1895 women in South Australia were among the first in the world to attain the vote and were the first to be able to stand ...
Notable men in South Australia Smith, Robert Barr (1855) benefactor, company director, ship owner and grazier. His firm pioneered the opening of outback South Australia, including the fencing of properties and sinking of bores. Smith's philanthropic activity became a legend. Elder, Sir T. businessman, pastoralist, public benefactor, wool broker, ship owner and member of the Legislative Council...