This is a list of indigenous women who have either no article in the English Wikipedia or the article is not very extensive. Links to articles in other Wikipedias have been added for the most part. I have not divided the list up by category (artist, linguist, etc.) since most of these women are famous in more than one field. The list is by no means complete, so feel free to add to it.

Please note: for people from language communities that use avoidance language, this list does contain the names of dead people.

UPDATE: Thank you to everyone working on eradicating these red links! I appreciate your work more than words can say.

Some things to keep in mind

• Words matter

Africa

Asia

Khanty women

No article in the English Wikipedia:

Mansi women

No article in the English Wikipedia:

Nenets women

No article in the English Wikipedia:

Article created!

Not Nenets, but worked with the language

No article in the English Wikipedia:

Australia

Talk page could include a link to

.

No article in the English Wikipedia:

• Kylie Coolwell, actress and playwright[4]
• Wynne prize
  in 2008
• Daisy Japulija, artist[5],[6]
• Wynne prize in 2019[7]
• Sonia Kurarra, artist[8],[9]
• Kathy Balngayngu Marika, a writer and senior artist of the Yirrkala community, redlink in Deadly Awards 2011 [10], [11],[12]
• Wynne prize
• Ningura Napurrula, artist and member of the Papunya Tula artist cooperative
• Angelina Ngale (Pwerle), artist
• Emily Pwerle, artist, sister of Minnie Pwerle
• Lena Pwerle, artist
• Nada Rawlins, artist[13],[14]
• Maryanne Sam, playwright, actress, and founding member of the Ilbijerri Theatre Company [15]
• Lisa Uhl, artist[16],[17]

Lists with redlinks and non-links to women:

• List of Australian Indigenous art movements and cooperatives
• List of Indigenous Australian visual artists
• Papunya Tula (artist cooperative)

Needs expansion:

• Pansy Napangardi
• Gulumbu Yunupingu

Thank you!

• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Article states her first name as Pauleen. First Aboriginal woman artist to have her work represented on an Australian stamp (1993). More info at 1
  .
• Jada Alberts, Larrakia actress and writer
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
  .
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. More info at 1
  .
• Yvonne Koolmatrie, contemporary artist who represented Australia in the Venice Biennale in 1997
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award
  .
• National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. More info also at 1, 2
• Paji Honeychild Yankarr, more info at 1

Europe

Greenlandic women

• List of Greenlandic artists, lots of redlinks!

Talk page could include a link to

.

No article in the English Wikipedia:

• Niviaq Korneliussen (sv:Niviaq Korneliussen, ru:Корнелиуссен, Нивиак), author

Needs expansion:

• Julie Edel Hardenberg, some really interesting info on her works like Ikioqatigiilluta – Jeg er grønlandsktalende (2010)^[1]

Mari women

No article in the English Wikipedia:

Sámi women

No article in the English Wikipedia

Artists and artisans

• Silje Figenschou Thoresen, (no:Silje Figenschou Thoresen), North Sámi artist[22]
• Carola Grahn, South Sámi artist[23], [24]
• Northern Sami: Mázejoavku) of Sámi artists[25]
  (also as Biret Máret Hætta)
• Ellen Kitok-Andersson (sv:Ellen Kitok-Andersson), Saami artisan from Gällivare, daughter of Asa Kitok, sister of Margit Kitok-Åström
• Margit Kitok-Åström (sv:Margit Kitok-Åström), Saami artisan from Gällivare, daughter of Asa Kitok, sister of Ellen Kitok-Andersson
• Jenni Laiti, Sámi artist and activist, member of the Suohpanterror collective[26][27], [28] (in Finnish), [29] (in Finnish) photograph
• Aili Mattus, dollmaker[30]. (not the same as this Aili Mattus[31])
• Aune Mettäpuro, Skolt artisan and author
• Anastasia Mosnikoff (also as Moshnikoff, Naska Mos(h)nikoff, Näskk Mos(h)nikoff), Skolt storyteller and artisan, winner of State Prize for Design 1974.
• Inga-Wiktoria Påve, Northern Sámi artist and filmmaker[32][33][34]
• Outi Pieski (fi:Outi Pieski), Sámi artist[35],[36],[37],[38]
• Merja Aletta Ranttila (fi:Merja Aletta Ranttila)
• Ella Sarre (page in Finnish with more info about her)
• Ingunn Utsi (sv:Ingunn Utsi), Sámi sculptor[39],[40],[41],[42]

Musicians

Inari Saami CASLE language masters

• Ellen Järvensivu (Kaabi-Isá Ellen, smn:Ellen Järvensivu)
• Anja Kaarret (smn:Anja Kaarret, search results on Finna[43])
• Aili Koskinen (Nuuvdi-Ailâ, smn:Aili Koskinen)
• Aune Kuuva (Piäkkáá Avni, smn:Aune Kuuva), (search results on Finna[44])
• Aili Mattus (Junnás-Haanu Ailâ, smn:Aili Mattus) (not the same as this Aili Mattus[45])
• Leena Saijets (smn:Leena Saijets)
• Miina Seurujärvi (smn:Miina Seurujärvi, search results on Finna[46])
• Lea Tervonen (smn:Lea Tervonen)
• Aili Maarit Valle (Ailâ Maaret, smn:Aili Maarit Valle, search results on Finna) [47])
• Elsa Väisänen (smn:Elsa Väisänen, search results on Finna[48])

Members of Parliament

Norway

Finland

Sweden

Truth and Reconciliation Committees

Norway

Saami Council

External lists of people for articles:

• Sánit girdilit program on Sameradion in Sweden.[49]
• Duojár archives from AIDA (Arctic Indigenous Design Archives)[50]

Has article in the English Wikipedia, may need expansion

Not Sámi, but important to the culture and language

No article in the English Wikipedia:

Udmurt women

No article in the English Wikipedia:

North and Central America

Talk page could include a link to

for North America, including Mexico.

My usage of tribe and nation names should not be emulated. Please take care to use what indigenous sources use for these names and not what I might have here. Also if anyone can improve the names, I will be ever so thankful.

Abenaki

• Monique Sioui, an Indigenous activist. There is no Wikipedia article in English about her. You can create it by translating the article in French.
• Sylvie Bernard, a First Nation artist from Quebec. There is no Wikipedia article in English about her. You can create it by translating the article in French.
• Evelyn O’Bomsawin (fr:Evelyn O’Bomsawin), feminist activist[60] and recipient of Prix du Gouverneur général en commémoration de l'affaire « personne » in 1985

Algonquin

• Wendy Jocko, chief of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation[61][62][63] (2020– )
• Lisa Ozawanimke, former chief of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation (1999–2003)[64]
• Anna Whiteduck, former chief of the Algonquins of Pikwàkanagàn First Nation (1959–1961)[65]

Anishinaabe

NB! The Wikiproject Indigenous peoples of North America/Anishinaabe has a much better list of notable Anishinaabe to be added.

• Olivia C. Davies, dancer and choreographer. Wikidata item already exists
• Jacqueline Ottmann, president of the First Nations University of Canada from Sept. 6 on[66], on Google Scholar[67]
• Nadya Kwandibens (fr:Nadya Kwandibens), photographer

Atikamekw

• Eruoma Awashish (atj:Eruoma Awashish, fr:Eruoma Awashish), artist
• Suzy Basile (fr:Suzy Basile), professor
• Marcelline Boivin-Coocoo (fr:Marcelline Boivin-Coocoo), author

Blackfoot

• Dr. Esther Tailfeathers, Kainai activist, associate professor, and doctor, mother of Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers.[68][69][70][71][72]

Champagne and Aishihik

• Jocelyn Joe-Strack, Daqualama, research chair at Yukon University[73], in the Canadian Encyclopedia[74], at Yukon U[75], all over Google Scholar[76]

Comanche

A wonderful no article in the English Wikipedia:

• Dorothy Sunrise Lorentino, Comanche, (1912-), opened the door for public school education for Native Americans^[2][3], first Native American to be inducted into the National Teachers Hall of Fame plus other reasons.^[3]. An audio recording of Lorentino speaking

Cupiit

• Rosalie Paniyak, renowned Cup'ik dollmaker, mother of Ursula Paniyak
• Ursula Paniyak, renowned Cup'ik dollmaker,daughter of Rosalie Paniyak,[77]

Haida

• Kii’iljuus Barb Wilson[78],[79]

Hopi

• Priscilla Namingha Nampeyo, potter[80]

Huron-Wendat

• Jocelyne Gros-Louis (fr:Jocelyne Gros-Louis), first female Grand Chief of the Huron-Wendat Nation of Wendake (from 1992 to 1994 according to fr:Wendake). The English wikipedia is devoid of any reference of her, although it has articles on other Grand Chiefs such as Max Gros-Louis, whom she took over for in the 90s, and Konrad Sioui.

Innu

• Marie-Andrée Gill, an Innu poet. There is no Wikipedia article in English about her. You can create it by translating the article in French.
• Maya Cousineau Mollen (fr:Maya Cousineau Mollen), author and poet
• Diane Robertson (fr:Diane Robertson), artist, sister of Sonia Robertson
• Sonia Robertson (fr:Sonia Robertson (artiste)), artist, sister of Diane Robertson
• Kathia Rock (fr:Kathia Rock), singer.

Inuit

• Sarah Anala (fr:Sarah Anala), elder[81][82][83]
• Rassi Nashalik, inuit elder and retired media personality[84], original host of CBC North's first daily Inuktitut television news show who is being inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame[85], founded the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation with two other people[86], is an elder-in-residence at the University of Alberta's School of Public Health.[87], no wd item
• Charlotte Qamaniq of Silla + Rise. Images available in Commons, no wd item

Iñupiat

• Priscilla Naungagiaq Hensley, film director
• Edna Wilder, author, artist, the first native instructor in the art of skin sewing class held at the University of Alaska. Obit
• Enooyaq Sudlovenick, marine biologist (but early career) - quite a lot of mentions though here, here and others

Kanienʼkehá꞉ka

• Myra Cree (fr:Myra Cree), television presenter and Knight of the National Order of Quebec.

Kiowa

• Keri Ataumbi, painter[88]
• Katherine Dickerson, beader, German silver worker, and moccasin maker
• Betty Nixon, a Kiowa artisan and co-founder of the Mid-America All-Indian Center

Lenca

Article created.

• Berta Zúñiga Cáceres (es:Berta Zúñiga Cáceres
  ), indigenous activist

Lil'watul

• Dr. Lorna Wanosts'a7 Williams, Professor Emerita of Indigenous Education, Curriculum and Instruction

Mayan

Kaqchikel

• Emma Chirix[89]
• Sara Curruchich (es:Sara Curruchich)
• Rosa Elena Curruchich (WD)

Kʼicheʼ

Other Mayans

A wonderful article in the English Wikipedia:

No article:

• María Uicab (es:María Uicab)

Mi'kmaq

• Mildred Milliea (fr:Mildred Milliea), teacher and Member of the Order of Canada in 1995

Mixe

• Yásnaya Elena Aguilar, author, translator, etc. (es:Yásnaya Elena Aguilar)

Navajo

• Lorraine Black, basket weaver[90]
• Terrelene Massey, Executive Director of the Southwest Women’s Law Center^[4][5]
• Barbara Teller Ornelas, Navajo master weaver, instructor, author, and U.S. State Department cultural ambassador
• Ida Sahmie, potter[91]

Néhinaw

(Cree)

• Angela Gladue, performing artist. Wikidata item already exists.
• Mandy Gull-Masty, most sources can be found under Mandy Gull[92][93]
• Virginia Pésémapeo Bordeleau (fr:Virginia Pésémapeo Bordeleau), painter and poet

Otomi

Needs expansion:

Pueblo

• Angel Charley, Executive Director of Coalition to Stop Violence Against Native Women (CSVANW)^[6][7][8]
• Dolores Curran, potter[94]
• Summer Mirabal, first female police chief at Taos Pueblo^[9][10][11]
• Jenelle Roybal, Governor of Pueblo of Pojoaque^[12][13]
• Kathy WanPovi Sanchez, Pueblo elder, founder of Tewa Women United^[14]

Rarámuri

• María Lorena Ramírez, long-distance runner (es:María Lorena Ramírez)

Saginaw Chippewa

• Robin Waynee, artisan[95]. Has worked with Keri Ataumbi etc.

Salish

• Gertrude Guerin (born Ettershank), a Salish chief, politician and community advocate from Musqueam, British Columbia. There is no Wikipedia article about her. You can create it using her entry in The Canadian Encyclopedia as a reference.

Secwépemc

• Monday Blues, Togolese-Secwépemc performing artist and jewelry designer. Wikidata item already exists. The album that is currently under Monday Blues should probably be moved to Monday Blues (album) instead of using Monday Blues (artist).
• Susan Tatoosh, elder of Shuswap ancestry and a member of the Hupacaseth First Nation from Vancouver Island. Also recipient of the Order of British Columbia (2019)[96]
• Judy Wilson, chief of the Neskonlith Indian Band[97][98]
• the mass graves found at Kamloop
• Shelly Loring, chief of the Simpcw First Nation[100][101]

Shoshone

• Sarah Ortegon HighWalking (WD)

Snuneymuxw First Nation

A wonderful no article in the English Wikipedia:

• Chief Viola Wyse: [email protected], Obituary@Vancouver Sun

St'uxwtews

• Tracey Herbert, CEO of the First Peoples’ Cultural Council (FPCC), language revitalization activist, recipient of the Order of British Columbia (2018)[102][103]

Tongva

• Mercedes Dorame (fr:Mercedes Dorame, atj:Mercedes Dorame), artist and photographer

Toquaht First Nation

• Chief Wii-tsuts-koom Anne Mack (also spelled Wii-tsts-koom in some sources, no idea which is correct), chief of the Toquaht First Nation[104],[105],[106]

Yupiit

• Sophie Alexie, Yup'ik educator
• Alice Rearden, prolific Yup'ik translator

Zapotec (also muxe)

Could be expanded:

Oceania

Chamorro people

https://www.guampedia.com/biographies/women-in-guam-history-2/

Fijian people

French Polynesian

Referred to these women as French Polynesians unless they are known to be Tahitians (which is exclusive to Society Islands). Inhabitants of the other parts of French Polynesian are not necessarily Tahitians.

• Pascale Haiti
• Teura Iriti
• Mateata Maamaatuaiahutapu
• Emma Maraea [fr]
• Haamoetini Lagarde [fr]
• Lucette Taero
• Teura Tarahu-Atuahiva [fr]

Kanak people

• Marie-Claude Tjibaou
• Nadia Heo [fr]
• Hélène Iekawé [fr]
• Léontine Ponga [fr]

Native Hawaiians

• Lizzie Alohikea, musician and performer
• Mary Haʻaheo Atcherley, Hawaiian political aspirant, one of the first women to run for the Hawaii Senate in 1920 [107]
• Julia K. Chilton, musician and performer
• Thelma Alice Kalaokona Moore Akana Harrison
  , territorial senator, business executive, community leader, and public health nursing administrator

Married

E. J. Harrison (golfer) Mar 24, 1951 retirement announcement

• Edith Kenao Kanakaole
  , Hawaiian composer, chanter, dancer, teacher, and entertainer
• Mary Maihiai, alleged Hawaiian centenarian
• Esther T. Mookini, Hawaiian linguist (not a native Hawaiian, see article)
• Nalani Olds Napoleon, Hawaiian culturelist and performer
• Victoria Ward (Hawaii)
• Ha'a Keaulana, surfer and photographer

Rapa Nui people

• Ana Eva Hei, wife of Atamu Tekena
• Viriamo, mother of Juan Tepano and native elder

Wallis and Futuna people

• Ilaïsaane Lauouvéa

South America

No article:

• María Beatriz Aniceto Pardo (es:María Beatriz Aniceto Pardo), Columbian indigenous politician and leader
• Máxima Apaza (es:Máxima Apaza)

Article needs expansion:

• Lourdes Tibán (es:Lourdes Tibán), Ecuadoran indigenous politician and lawyer

Arhuaco

No article:

• Ati Quigua (es:Ati Quigua)

Asháninka

Good article, could use the Spanish wiki article to expand it:

• Ruth Buendía (es:Ruth Buendía)

Mapuche

No article:

• Herminia Aburto Colihueque (es:Herminia Aburto Colihueque), Mapuche activist
• Beatriz Pichi Malen (es:Beatriz Pichi Malen), Mapuche singer
• Aimé Paine (es:Aimé Paine, fr:Aimé Paine, br:Aimé Paine
  ), Mapuche and Tehuelche singer
• Catherine Peñán (es:Catherine Peñán), inline speedskater

Stub, needs expansion:

• Janequeo (lonco) (es:Janequeo (heroína mapuche))

Munduruku

No article:

• Alessandra Korap, leader,[108] activist, winner of the 2020 Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights prize[109], IMDB gives an additional last name of Silva.[110] Wikidata item

Quechua

• Marisol Mena Antezana (qu:Marisol Mena Antezana)
• Ana Cristina Céspedes (qu:Ana Cristina Céspedes, es:Ana Cristina Céspedes), singer
• Lydia Cornejo Endara (qu:Lydia Cornejo Endara), one of the translators of the Little Prince into Quechua
• Encarnación Lazarte (qu:Encarnación Lazarte, es:Encarnación Lazarte), Quechua singer and composer. First Bolivian woman to start recording the traditional songs of the Cochabamba region.
• Hilda Cañari Loaiza (qu:Hilda Cañari Loaiza)
• Claudia Coari Mamani (qu:Claudia Coari Mamani
  ), Quechua congresswoman in Peru. Lots of info in Google in Spanish, some in English.
• Ch'aska Anka Ninawaman (qu:Ch'aska Anka Ninawaman, es:Ch'aska Anka Ninawaman, de:Ch'aska Anka Ninawaman), Quechua professor, translator, and poet.
• María Parado de Bellido (qu:María Parado de Bellido, es:María Parado de Bellido, ay:María Parado de Bellido)
• Rosa Sara Huamán Rinza (qu:Rosa Sara Huamán Rinza)
• Noemí Vizcardo Rozas (qu:Noemí Vizcardo Rozas), Quechua lawyer and translator
• Tania Pariona Tarqui (qu:Tania Pariona, es:Tania Pariona Tarqui and de:Tania Pariona Tarqui), Quechua politician, activist and leader
• Tarcila Rivera Zea (qu:Tarcila Rivera Zea, es:Tarcila Rivera Zea) humans and indigenous rights activist

Needs expansion:

• Juana Huancahuari (qu:Juana Huancahuari, es:Juana Huancahuari). Spanish article has a lot of info in it.
• Magaly Solier (qu:Magaly Solier, es:Magaly Solier). Spanish article has a lot of info in it.

Needs an infobox:

• Nina Pacari
• María Sumire (done but limited)
• Casimira Rodríguez (done)

Inca women

Most everyone from this category is missing in the en-wiki:

• es:Categoría:Mujeres_incaicas - including:
  • Contarhuacho
  • Añas Colque
  • Beatriz Clara Coya
  • Isabel Chimpu Ocllo
  • Cusi Huarcay (the blue link is a redirect)
  • Cuxirimay Ocllo
  • Maytanchi
• Tomasa Tito Condemayta (qu:Tomasa Tito Condemayta, de:Tomasa Tito Condemayta), Inca noble and leader

Kichwa-otavalo

• Blanca Chancoso (es:Blanca Chancoso)

Waorani

No article:

• Nemonte Nenquimo, president of the Waorani Pastaza Organization (CONCONAWEP), one of the founding members of the indigenous organization Ceibo Alliance.

Lists elsewhere

• Wikipedia:Meetup/IndigenousFilmandMedia, still has redlinks
• Wikipedia:Meetup/Indigenous_Storytellers_WikiThon, still has redlinks
• Maoriland Film Festival[111]
  is missing from enwiki and Wikidata and will have lots of directors, actors, etc. that could be added and could be added in its own right to their articles
• Indigenous artists who have played at the Riddu Riđđu festival collected by User:Anepanen
• A list of Native American women to work on from the NMAI Native American Women editathon, decent amount of redlinks still.
• Indigenous Voices Awards
• Indspire Awards, annoyingly almost all links that should be red have been removed, but there are tons of potential articles in this list
• A list of Native leaders

References