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- Gregory Cajete, Santa Clara Pueblo
- Cristina Calderón, Yaghan, Chile, born ca. 1938, last speaker of the Yaghan language
- E. K. Caldwell, Cherokee-Shawnee, 1954–1997
- Sophia Alice Callahan, Muscogee Creek, 1864–1894
- Maria Campbell, Métis, Canada, b. 1940
- Nicola Campbell, Interior Salish Nleʔkepmx, Canada
- Rob Capriccioso, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
- Gladys Cardiff, Eastern Band Cherokee-descent, born 1942
- Harold Cardinal, Cree author, 1945–2005
- Helen Slwooko Carius, Yupik, 1928–1998
- Aaron Albert Carr, Laguna Pueblo-Navajo, born 1963
- Lorna Dee Cervantes, Chicana-Chumash-descent, United States, born 1954
- Betsey Guppy Chamberlain, Wabanaki, 1797–1886
- Paul L.A.H. Chartrand, Metis
- Dean Chavers, Lumbee
- Rosa Chavez, Maya, Guatemala
- Shirley Cheechoo, Cree, Canada, b. 1952
- Fredy Chicangana, Yanacona, Colombia
- Chrystos, Menominee-descent, born 1946
- Eddie Chuculate, Muscogee Creek Nation-Cherokee
- Robert Maurice Chute, Sokoki
- Marie Clements, Métis, Canada, b. 1962
- Susan Clements, Seneca-Mohawk-descent, United States, born 1950
- George Clutesi, Tseshaht First Nation, Canada, b. 1905–1988
- Briceida Cuevas Cob, Mayan
- Jacques L. Condor, Abenaki
- Robert J. Conley, United Keetowah Band-Cherokee Nation-descent, born 1940
- Elizabeth Cook-Lynn, Crow Creek Lakota, b. 1930
- Katsi Cook, Mohawk
- George Copway, Mississauga Ojibwa, Canada, 1818–1869
- George Cornell, Ojibwe, born 1948
- Jesse Cornplanter, Seneca, 1889–1957
- Jeannette Henry Costo, Eastern Cherokee
- Rupert Costo, Cahuilla
- Marcia Crosby, Tsimshian-Haida, Canada
- Allan Crow, Ojibwe
- Leonard Crow Dog, Oglala Lakota, born 1942
- Moses Cruikshank, Athabascan, b. 1906
- Steven J. Crum, Duck Valley Shoshone-Paiute
- Delano Cummings, Lumbee
- David Cusick, Seneca, ca. 1780–ca. 1831
- Beth Cuthand, Cree, b. 1949
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