title: Notable Indigenous people
text: # Notable Indigenous people
  
  ## North America / Turtle Island
  
  * Native American people by occupation
  * Native American people by ethnic or national origin and occupation
  * First Nations people by occupation
  
  ### Academics
  
  * First Nations academics
  * Indigenous women academics in Canada
  * Native American academics
  
  ### Activists
  
  * First Nations activists
  * First Nations lawyers
  * Native American activists
  * Indigenous leaders in British Columbia
  
  ### Artists
  
  * List of Native American artists
  * Professional Native Indian Artists Inc. (The "Indigenous Group of Seven")
  
  ### Authors
  
  * First Nations women writers
  * 19th-century First Nations writers
  * 20th-century First Nations writers
  * 21st-century First Nations writers
  
  ### Inventors and scientists
  
  * List of Alaska Native inventors and scientists
  
  ## The Americas
  
  * Indigenous people of the Americas by occupation
  
  ### Academics
  
  * Indigenous academics of the Americas
  
  ### Authors
  
  * List of writers from peoples indigenous to the Americas
  
  ## Europe and Russia
  
  * List of Sámi people
  * Notable Nenets (the Nenets are Indigenous people in Siberia)
  
  ## Australasia (Australia and Aotearoa)
  
  Lists of Indigenous Australians by occupation and/or historical contribution:
  
  * List of Indigenous Australian historical figures
  * List of Indigenous Australian musicians
  * List of Indigenous Australian performing artists
  * List of Indigenous Australians in politics and public service, education, law and humanities
  * List of Indigenous Australian sportspeople
  
     * List of Indigenous Australian VFL/AFL and AFL Women's players
  * List of Indigenous Australian visual artists
  * List of Indigenous Australian writers
  
  vteIndigenous peoples of the world by continent :
  
  Africa
  
  Eurasia
  
  North America
  
  Oceania
  
  South America :
  
  Indigenous peoples by geographic regions :
  
  