Nation Lisa Johnson Billy (born 1967), Oklahoma State Legislator; first Woman Native American elected to HD 42; one of the founders of the Native American Caucus; Chickasaw Indian Black Kettle (1801/07–1868), Cheyenne Chief killed near Cheyenne, Oklahoma, in Roger Mills County T.C. Cannon (Kiowa/Caddo, 1946–1978), 20th-century Native American artist and poet Yvonne Chouteau (Shawnee Tribe, 1929–2016), prima ballerina, youngest dancer ever accepted to Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Joseph J. Clark (Cherokee Nation, 1893–1971), Admiral in U.S. Navy George W. Harkins (Choctaw (1810–1861), attorney, judge, Chief of the Apukshunnubbee District Wilma Mankiller (1945–2010), first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation Doris McLemore (Wichita, 1927–2016), last speaker of the Wichita language Quanah Parker (Comanche, c. late 1840s–1911), chief and cofounder of the Native American Church Peter Pitchlynn (Choctaw, 1806–1881), provisional Choctaw Chief, Choctaw Delegate to Washington, D.C.; buried in the Congressional Cemetery Pleasant Porter (Muscogee, 1840–1907), Muscogee (Creek) Nation principal chief Harvey Pratt (Southern Cheyenne, born 1941), Native American forensic artist, Cheyenne peace chief Will Rogers (Cherokee, 1879–1935), humorist, actor, author, aviator, movie producer John Ross (Cherokee, 1790–1866), principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, buried at Park Hill, Oklahoma Steve Russell (born 1947), Cherokee, poet, academic (emeritus professor), journalist and trial judge. Sequoyah (Cherokee, 1776–1842), lived in what is now Sequoyah County; blacksmith, teacher, inventor of the Cherokee syllabary Maria Tallchief (Osage Nation, 1925–2013), first American prima ballerina Marjorie Tallchief (Osage Nation, 1926-2021), ballerina Clarence L. Tinker (Osage Nation, 1887–1942), U.S. Army Air Corps general, first American general to die in World War II Fred Waite (Chickasaw, 1853–1895), cowboy, member of Billy the Kid's gang and politician Della Warrior (Otoe-Missouria, born 1946), first female chairperson of the Otoe-Missouria Tribe of Indians, president of the Institute of American Indian Arts, executive director of the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture Stand Watie (Cherokee, 1806–1871), Brigadier General in the Confederate Army, chief Radio and television personalities Rick Bayless (born 1953), chef and television personality Skip Bayless (born 1951), sports journalist Douglas Edwards (1917–1990), radio and television journalist Gary England (born 1939), chief meteorologist for KWTV Channel 9 Kathy Lee Gifford (born 1953), television personality, Oral Roberts graduate Kayne Gillaspie (born 1979), television personality and fashion designer Mary Hart (born 1950), television personality, co-host of Entertainment Tonight Paul Harvey (1918–2009), radio broadcaster and commentator Glenn Hauser (born 1945), radio broadcaster Phil McGraw (born 1950), television psychologist Bill Moyers (born 1934), television journalist Bob