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- Eduardo Ninamango Mallqui, Quechua, Peru
- Manipiniktikinia, Kuna, Panama
- Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Nation, 1945–2010
- Vera Manuel, Secwepemc -Ktunaxa, 1949–2010
- Lee Maracle, Salish-Cree, Canada, b. 1950
- Joseph M. Marshall III, Brulé Lakota, b. ca. 1946
- John Joseph Mathews, Osage, ca. 1894–1979
- Janet McAdams, Muscogee Creek-descent
- Gerald McMaster, Siksika Nation-Red Pheasant First Nation, b. 1953
- William D'Arcy McNickle, Salish Kootenai, 1904–1977
- Mardi Oakley Medawar, Cherokee-descent
- Joe Medicine Crow, Crow, b. 1913
- Rigoberta Menchú, K'iché Maya, Guatemala, b. 1959
- Billy Merasty, Cree, Canada, b. 1960
- Howard L. Meredith, Cherokee, 1938–2003
- Tiffany Midge, Hunkpapa Lakota, b. 1965
- Dylan Miner, Métis, Canada-United States, b. 1976
- Devon Mihesuah, Choctaw, b. 1957
- Deborah A. Miranda, Esselen-Chumash
- Gabriela Mistral, Mapuche, Chile, 1889–1957
- N. Scott Momaday, Kiowa-Cherokee, b. 1934
- Victor Montejo, Jakaltek Maya, Guatemala
- Carlos Montezuma, Yavapai, 1866–1923
- Patricia Monture-Angus, Mohawk, Canada
- Marijo Moore, Cherokee-descent
- Irvin Morris, Navajo, b. 1958
- Daniel David Moses, Delaware, Canada, b. 1952
- Mountain Wolf Woman, Ho-Chunk, 1884–1960
- Mourning Dove, Colville-Okanagan, 1888–1936
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