Native American and Indigenous Scientist Highlights
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John Herrington
Author of Mission to Space, a children’s book about his space travels, which includes an English to Chickasaw vocabulary list. John Herrington is a retired NASA astronaut who was the first enrolled…
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Floy Agnes Lee
“The head of the division I was to be in did not like minorities. Because I was an Indian. I just didn’t ever realize why he had it against me. But that’s…
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Bertha Parker
The 1st Native American Woman Archeologist. Bertha Parker was born to the Seneca tribe in Chautauqua County, NY on Aug. 30, 1907. As a child, she would join her father on archeological…
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Susan Picotte
“I am a dreamer who dreams, sees visions, and listens always to the still, small voice. I am a trail-blazer.” – Susan Picotte
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Lori Alvord
The first Diné (Navajo) to become board certified in surgery.
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Jerry C. Elliott
“I made airplanes and flew them to see if they could touch the clouds . . . There were no astronauts then. But I knew someday, people would fly in rockets and…
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Isabella A. Abbott
“I call the endemic plants the first Hawaiians. Gingers and heliconias will grow elsewhere. The endemic plants will not. This is their home. It’s like the Hawaiian people – they belong here.”…
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Fred Begay
The first Native American to receive a Ph.D. in Physics.
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Erik Sorensen
“If you’re Native American and you grow up worshipping nature, you don’t naturally gravitate to a field like chemistry. But I did. I became inspired by [chemical] transformations as a young student.”…
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Mary G. Ross
The first known Native American engineer and notable engineer in the field of aerospace design.