Annual inductions are in November,
National American Indian Heritage Month in the United States of America, and were inaugurated in 2018.
2025 Inductees • W. Ron Allen, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe - Government •
Ross Anderson, Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes and Mescalero / Chiricahua Apache - Athletics •
Notah Begay III, Navajo - Athletics •
Dwight Birdwell, Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma - Military •
Deb Haaland, Laguna Pueblo - Government • Lynn Valbuena, Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation - Government
2024 Inductees •
Stanley Crooks, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux - Government • Franklin Ducheneaux, Cheyenne River Sioux - Law •
Veronica Lee Homer, Colorado River Indian Tribes - Advocacy • Julie Kitka, Chugach - Advocacy •
Henrietta Mann, Southern Cheyenne - Education •
Te Ata | Mary Thompson Fisher, Chickasaw Nation - Arts
2023 inductees •
Joe DeLaCruz, Quinalt Indian Nation – Government •
Will Sampson, Muscogee Creek – Entertainment •
Leslie Silko, Laguna Pueblo – Writing •
Mark Trahant, Shoshone-Bannock – Journalism • Richard Trudell, Santee Sioux Nation – Law •
LaNada War Jack, Shoshone-Bannock – Advocacy
2022 inductees •
Bill Anoatubby, Chickasaw Nation – Government •
Ryneldi Becenti, Navajo – Athletics •
John EchoHawk, Pawnee – Law •
Tim Giago, Oglala Lakota – Journalism •
Suzan Shown Harjo, S. Cheyenne & Hodulgee Muscogee – Advocacy • Marshall McKay, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation – Government •
Earl Old Person Sr., Blackfeet Nation – Government •
Joanne Shenandoah, Oneida – Entertainment • Patricia Zell, Arapaho/Navajo – Law
2021 inductees • Dave Anderson, Choctaw / Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe – Business •
Ben Nighthorse Campbell, Northern Cheyenne – Government •
Joy Harjo, Muscogee (Creek) Nation – Writing •
Marcella LeBeau, Cheyenne River Sioux – Medicine •
Emil Notti, Athabascan – Advocacy •
Katherine Siva Saubel, Morongo Band of Mission Indians – Culture • Ernie Stevens Sr., Oneida – Government •
W. Richard West, Cheyenne / Arapaho Tribes – Arts
2019 inductees •
Lucy Covington, Colville Tribes – Advocacy •
Ada Deer, Menominee – Advocacy •
Louise Erdrich, Turtle Mountain Chippewa – Writing •
Billy Frank Jr., Nisqually Tribe – Advocacy • Forrest Gerard, Blackfeet Nation – Government •
Hattie Kauffman, Nez Perce Tribe – Journalism •
Oren Lyons, Onondaga Nation – Spiritual •
Richard Oakes, Mohawk Nation – Advocacy •
Elizabeth Peratrovich, Tlingit Nation – Advocacy •
Pascal Poolaw, Kiowa Tribe – Military •
Mary Golda Ross, Cherokee Nation – Science •
Wes Studi, Cherokee Nation – Arts
2018 inductees • Lionel Bordeaux, Rosebud Sioux – Education •
Elouise P. Cobell, Blackfeet Nation – Advocacy •
Vine Deloria Jr., Standing Rock Sioux – Writing •
LaDonna Harris, Comanche Nation – Advocacy •
John Herrington, Chickasaw Nation – Science •
Allan Houser/Haozous, Chiricahua Apache – Arts •
Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Nation – Government •
Billy Mills, Oglala Lakota Sioux – Athletics •
N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa Tribe – Writing •
Lori Piestewa, Hopi Tribe – Military •
Maria Tallchief, Osage Nation – Arts •
Jim Thorpe, Sac and Fox Nation – Athletics ==See also==