To celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day, we recognize these Indigenous innovators who led inspiring lives, from the NASA astronaut to the accomplished archaeologist.
Former NASA astronaut John Herrington, of Chickasaw heritage, smiles in the Quest Airlock on the International Space Station in 2002. This article was originally published on November 16, 2021., also commonly referred to as American Indian and Alaska Native Heritage Month. It's a time to celebrate the many traditions and histories of Native people, and we're taking the opportunity to highlight the important contributions that they have made to science.
is the first Native American woman to receive a medical degree. According to Picotte, she became inspired to enter the medical field as a child, after watching an Indigenous woman die because the local white doctor refused to treat her illness. After completing only two years of a three-year program at the Woman’s Medical College of Pennsylvania , she graduated valedictorian at the age of 24.
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