Della Warrior 07/16/2007

Born in Pawnee, Oklahoma. In 1989 she became the first woman to serve as chairperson and chief executive officer of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe where she served until 1992. She served as president of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe from 1998 to 2006 where she redeveloped the school, turning it into a four-year baccalaureate college, securing funds for a permanent campus and expanding the curriculum. In 2008 she was named Chief Operating Officer for the Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation of California. She served on the Board of Trustees of the National Museum of the American Indian. She was inducted in the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame in 2007.