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- Velma Wallis, Athabaskan, b. 1960
- Anna Lee Walters, Pawnee-Otoe-Missouria, b. 1946
- William Whipple Warren, Ojibwe, 1825–1853
- Clyde Warrior, Ponca, 1939–1968
- Robert Allen Warrior, Osage
- Waziyatawin (Angela Wilson), Wahpetunwan Dakota
- James Welch, Blackfeet-Gros Ventre, 1940–2003
- Tom Whitecloud, Lac du Flambeau Ojibwe, 1914–1972
- Mary Louise Defender Wilson, Dakota-Hidatsa, b. 1930
- Sarah Winnemucca (Thocmentony), Northern Paiute, ca. 1844–1891
- Craig S. Womack, Muscogee Creek-Cherokee-descent
- Elizabeth Woody, Navajo-Wasco, b. 1957
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