The Indigenous Inventors & Innovators Exhibition (The International Aboriginal And Indigenous Peoples Inventors And Innovators Museum) teaches people of all nationalities about the contributions Aboriginal and Indigenous Peoples of Canada, the United States of America, Mexico, Greenland, the Caribbean, South and Central America, and Oceania have given society.
David Petite is an inventor born in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a member of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa tribe. He is also a founder of the Native American Intellectual Property Enterprise Council, a non-profit organization helping Native American inventors and communities.
Charlotte Edith Anderson Monture (often known simply as Edith Monture) was a Mohawk WWI veteran and the first Indigenous woman to become a registered nurse in Canada and gain the right to vote in a federal election.
Dr. Candace Grier-Lowe is a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine and part of the Norway House Cree Nation community in Manitoba, Canada. Her childhood involved developing a strong bond with animals, often bringing home strays to add to her ever-growing group of pets. Candace wanted to pursue a career working with animals, but her high school guidance counselor discouraged her.
John Bennett Herrington is a retired NASA astronaut and Navy Commander. In 2002, John became the first enrolled member of a Native American tribe to fly in space.
Mary Golda Ross was the first female Native American aerospace engineer. She is remembered for her work as a mathematician and engineer on several professional and theoretical aerospace projects during America's space age.
Fred Begay, also known as Fred Young or Clever Fox, was a nuclear physicist who believed there were similarities between Navajo culture and conventional science. His work revolved around alternative forms of clean energy.
