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Every week of #NativeAmericanHeritageMonth, we have been shining a light on Native women to know. As the month is coming to an end, we encourage you all to continue to #SeeHer beyond the month. Swipe through and learn more about this week’s Native women to know below. ·      Ronnie Spector: A singer who formed the girl group the Ronettes with her elder sister Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley. She has been referred to as the original "bad girl of rock and roll," and she was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of the Ronettes. ·      Naomi Lang: the first Native-American woman to participate in the Winter Olympic Games. With skating partner Peter Tchernyshev, she is a two-time Four Continents champion, a five-time U.S. national champion, and competed at the 2002 Winter Olympic Games.  ·      Misty Upham: an actress who attracted critical acclaim for her performance in the 2008 film "Frozen River." She also appeared in "Jimmy P: Psychotherapy of a Plains Indian and August: Osage County." ·      Mary "Te Ata" Thompson Fisher: Worked as an actor and drama instructor. She is best known for her artistic interpretations of Indian folklore, and her children's book she co-authored on the subject. ·      Suzan Shown Harjo: has worked for more than four decades to shape a national Native American policy agenda that addresses issues at the core of Indigenous identity. After co-producing the first American Indian news show in the nation for WBAI radio while living in New York City, she moved to Washington D.C. to work on national policy issues. ·      Zitkala-Sa: a writer, editor, translator, musician, educator, and political activist. She wrote several works chronicling her struggles with cultural identity, and the pull between the majority culture in which she was educated, and the Dakota culture into which she was born and raised ·      Audra Simpson: a political anthropologist whose work is focused on Indigenous polities in the US and Canada. Her book, Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States won the Sharon Stephens Prize (AES), the “Best first Book Award” (NAISA) as well as the Lora Romero Award (ASA).