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- Ray St. Germain, Métis, Canada
- Carol Lee Sanchez, Laguna Pueblo
- William Sanders, Cherokee, b. 1942
- Greg Sarris, Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, b. 1952
- Katherine Siva Saubel, Los Coyotes Cahuilla, 1920–2011
- Gregory Scofield, Métis, Canada, b. 1966
- Jane Johnston Schoolcraft, Sault Ste. Marie Ojibwe, 1800–1841, first Native women to publish
- James Sewid, Kwakwaka'wakw, Canada, 1913–1988
- Paula Sherman, Ardoch Algonquin First Nation,
- Kim Shuck, Cherokee-Sac and Fox-descent
- Angela Sidney, Tagish, Canada, 1902–1991
- Leslie Marmon Silko, Laguna Pueblo, b. 1948
- Ruby Slipperjack, Ojibwe, Canada, b. 1952
- Paul Chaat Smith, Comanche
- Cynthia Leitich Smith, Muscogee Creek, b. 1967
- Virginia Driving Hawk Sneve, Brulé Lakota, b. 1933
- Luther Standing Bear, Oglala Lakota, ca. 1868–1939
- James Thomas Stevens, Akwesasne Mohawk, b. 1966
- Rennard Strickland, Osage-Cherokee, b. 1940
- Virginia Stroud, United Keetoowah Band Cherokee-Muscogee, b. 1951
- Madonna Swan, Cheyenne River Lakota, 1928–1993
- Denise Sweet, White Earth Anishinaabe, Poet Laureate of Wisconsin 2004
- James Schoppert, Tlingit, 1947–1992
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