Native Americans On US Stamps

Here is an image of a stamp designed after a detail from a mural by Mexican artist José Chávez Morado (1909-2002), printed by photogravure, and issued by Mexico on December 12, 1975 to commemorate the 450th anniversary of the death of the last Aztec Emperor, Cuauhtémoc (1495-1525), Scott No. 1143.

- nethryk

COLOMBIA 1978 CULTURA TAIRONA 3,50 COP Air Mail
Leo Temprano Catalog No. 1376
Dent. 13
4.500.000 pieces issued

Tayrona´s Culture Lost City on Colombia´s Sierra Nevada de Santa Marta

The U.S. "Legends of the West" sheet (1994) contains three stamps portraying the Native Americans: Chief Joseph, Geronimo, and Sacagawea.
Chief Joseph (1840 – 1904) was a great Nez Perce warrior.
Geronimo (1829 – 1909) was a prominent leader of the Bedonkohe Apache.
Sacagawea (1788 – 1812) was a Lemhi Shoshone woman who helped the Lewis and Clark Expedition.

I don't know if this one counts, as the model for the Indian Head Cent was the sculptor's daughter, but here it is:

The 3c Lewis and Clark Expedition stamp (July 28, 1954)
This stamp commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Lewis and Clark Expedition. The stamp portrays an image of Meriwether Lewis, William Clark and one of their Native American guides, Sacagawea, landing on a Missouri riverbank.

United States
Trans-Mississippi Issue
June 17, 1898
4c Indian Hunting Buffalo
The design is based on a painting by Seth Eastman (1808-1875).

Here is an image of an airmail stamp depicting a Maya Q'eqchi' woman wearing a huipil (a traditional, square-cut blouse that is hand-woven and heavily decorated with embroidered designs), and a pair of quetzals, printed by lithography, and isued by Guatemala on June 25, 1975 as one of a set of two similar stamps commemorating International Women's Year and Zonta International, an international service organization with the mission of advancing the status of women, Scott No. C566.

- nethryk

My favorite. Without a doubt, my favorite.

Jack Kelley

Native Americans making smoke signals on an airmail stamp depicting communications old and new, designed by Laotian artist Ky Phung Chaleun, engraved by Guerdon, and issued by Laos on August 28, 1974 as one of a set of three stamps commemorating the birth centenary of Italian electrical engineer and inventor Guglielmo Marconi (1874-1937), Scott No. C118.

- nethryk

United States
American Indian Dances
June 7, 1996
The designs depict Fancy Dance, Butterfly Dance, Traditional Dance, Raven Dance and Hoop Dance.

Tisquesusa (?-1537), a Chibcha Indian and the fourth and second-to-last zipa (ruler) of Bacatá (modern Bogotá), led a revolt against invading Spanish conquistadors. Here is an image of an airmail stamp featuring a portrait of Zipa Tisquesusa, designed by Ignacio Castillo Cervantes, printed by lithography, and issued by Colombia on September 28, 1988, Scott No. C798.

- nethryk

United States
Famous People - Will Rogers
November 4, 1948
William Penn Adair Rogers (1879 - 1935) was born to a prominent Cherokee Nation family in Indian Territory (now part of Oklahoma). He was a stage and motion picture actor, vaudeville performer, humorist, newspaper columnist, and social commentator. The commemorative stamp features his portrait and his quote "I never met a man I didn't like."

Pocahontas was honored on one of the 1907 stamps commemorating the founding of Jamestown. She is especially well known for having saved the life of an undocumented (illegal?) migrant. The portrait was done by Simon van de Passe in 1616 and shows her in the British finery she wore when she stayed in England. She died there in 1617.

Jimi Hendrix was part Cherokee from his paternal grandmother. Had to give a presentation in college on famous Native Americans. Up there with Red Cloud and Sitting Bull was my presentation on Jimi Hendrix.

United States
Black Heritage
January 26, 2022
The stamp honors Edmonia Lewis (1844-1907), an American sculptor of mixed African-American and Native American heritage. She is beat known for her Late Neoclassic sculpture The Death of Cleopatra (marble, 1876).