Growing up in the Inupiat seal camps across the bay from Kotzebue, Alaska, Dolly Spencer learned how to work seal skins and make waterproof mukluks. Today her traditionally dressed dolls are sought after by collectors and museums

Social worker Marilyn St. Germaine is a member of the Blackfeet Tribe from Montana. Today, she lives in Oakland, California, and is a strong advocate for Indian families and children.

Calvin J. Standing Bear Light in the Lodge began his professional career as a musician when he received the gift of a flute. Now, he performs music that expresses his own deep Lakota spirituality.

Oklahoma Cherokee Barbara Sutteer, the first American Indian Superintendent in the National Park Service, led the transformation of the Custer Battlefield into the Little Big Horn National Monument