List of Native American superheroes explained

This is the list of Native American superheroes, both as a superhero identity, and as fictional indigenous people of the Americas who are superheroes, from works of fiction (comic books, films, television shows, video games, etc.).

Arcana Studios

• Matthew Carver (Kagagi: The Raven) Anishinabe "Kagagi"

Azteca Productions

• Plainsman (Daniel Brightfeather, part Cherokee, part Navajo, Team Tejas)

Blue Corn Comics

• Rain Falling (Hopi / Pueblo, Peace Party)
• Snake Standing (Hopi / Pueblo, Peace Party)

Champion Comics

• Johnny Fox (Seminole tribe of Florida)

Dark Horse Comics

• Naayééʼneizghání (Navajo, vampire slayer, Tales of the Slayers / Buffyverse)

DC Comics

• Apache Chief (member of Super Friends)
• Arak (Quontauka Native)
• Aztek (Aztecs)
• Black Condor (Navajo)
• Butcher (Lakota)
• Captain Fear (Carib)
• Captain Thunder (Mohegan)
• Catalina Flores (Undisclosed Native Tribe in Mexico)
• Chief Crazy Horse (Renegades)
• Chindi
• Chronos (Aztecs)
• Corona (Inuit, Aquaman's first love and mother of Koryak)
• Dawnstar (Puebloan, member of Legion of Super-Heroes)
• Eagle Free (Prez)
• Equinox (Canadian Cree, member of Justice League United)
• Flying Fox (Quontauka Indian, member of Young All-Stars)
• Green Arrow of Earth-D (Justice Alliance of America)
• Hawk (half-Apache, son of Tomahawk)
• Koryak (half-Inuit, Aquaman's son)
• Man-of-Bats (Sioux, member of Batmen of All Nations)
• Manitou Dawn (pre-Apache, member of JLA)
• Manitou Raven (pre-Apache, member of JLA)
• Mirage (Indigenous, member of Team Titans)
• Night Eagle (ally of Superman)
• Owlwoman (Kiowa, member of Global Guardians)
• Pow Wow Smith (Sioux)
• Rain in the Face (Renegades)
• Raven (Navajo, )
• Raven Red (Sioux, son and former sidekick of Man-of-Bats, member of Batmen of All Nations)
• Redbird (Batman sidekick, version of Robin in The Blue, The Grey, and The Bat)
• Russ Tenclouds (Metropolis S.C.U.)
• Seneca (Iroquois member of Cadre of the Immortal)
• Sky Alchesay (member of Aquaman's team The Others)
• Strong Bow (western hero of the 1800s)
• Super-Chief (Iroquois, Wolf Clan)
• Tall Tree (Renegades)
• Thomas Kalmaku (Inuit)
• Timber (half-Menominee, member of The Immortal Men)
• Wildstar (Puebloan, Dawnstar's ancestor, member of R.E.B.E.L.S.)
• Wise Owl (Shaman killed by Johnny Thunder in All-Star Western)
• Willpower (half-Apache, member of Primal Force)
• Wyynde
• Ya'Wara (Tapirapé, member of Aquaman's team The Others)

Vertigo

• Ghost Dancer (The Sandman)
• White Buffalo Woman (The Sandman)

Wildstorm

• Blackbird (Wetworks)
• Comanche (formerly of Stormwatch)
• Crossbones (Apache, Wetworks)
• Joe the Indian (half-Mexican, half-Navajo, Crimson)
• Pilgrim (Wetworks)
• Rainmaker (half-Apache, Gen¹³)
• Red Bird (Sioux, Black Ops)

Goldtooth Productions

• Dallas Goldtooth (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez)
• Whitney Rencountre II (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez: Rapid City Protectors)
• Reggie 'Rocket' Taken Alive (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez: Spaulding Punks)
• Cyril 'Chuckie' Archambault (The Most Interesting Man on The Rez: Northern Tribezmen)

Hexagon Comics

• Darkwing (Lakota)
• Ozark (Lakota)
• Plume Rouge
• Rakar (Lakota)

Image Comics

• Barbaric (Special Operations Taskforce, former member of Freak Force; wife is Ricochet)
• Broadarrow
• Ian Nottingham (a.k.a. Excalibur of Witchblade, of British and Native American descent)
• Kodiak (New Men)
• Nighteagle (Master Magus of the Age)
• Ripclaw (Apache, member of Cyberforce)
• Stalking Wolf (a.k.a. Shaman's Tears)

Marvel Comics

• American Avenger (Pacqui)
• American Eagle (Navajo)
• Black Crow (Navajo)
• Centurious of the Firm (Amerind)
• Cusick (Tuscarora), Timespirits (Epic)
• Crusader-X, the Earth-2122 version of Captain Britain is a Native American of unspecified origin
• Danielle Moonstar (Cheyenne, member of New Mutants, X-Force)
• Doot (Wawenoc), Timespirits (Epic)
• Echo (a.k.a. Crazy Horse, Ronin) (half Cheyenne, half Latina, member of New Avengers)
• Elisa Maza police detective from the Gargoyles comic series, (half Hopi, half African American)
• Fire Eyes (Amerind, ally of Daimon Hellstrom Son of Satan)
• Forge (Cheyenne, member of X-Men & X-Factor)
• HighNote of the Young Gods (Part Colombian, part Native)
• Moonstalker (Inuit, member of Young Gods)
• Naze (Cheyenne, Forge's shaman teacher)
• Portal (member of same tribe as Puma)
• Pvt Jay Littlebear (of the Leatherneck Raiders)
• Puma (former enemy turned ally of Spider-Man, from an unnamed Arizona tribe)
• Red Warrior (Comanche)
• Red Wolf / Wildrun (Cheyenne, member of the Anachronauts)
• Red Wolf / Johnny Wakely (Cheyenne)
• Red Wolf / Thomas Thunderhead (Cheyenne)
• Red Wolf / William Talltrees (Cheyenne, member of the Rangers)
• Red Zeppelin (Unlimited Class Wrestling Federation)
• Redstone (Apache, member of Squadron Supreme, Earth S)
• Ringo Kid (half)
• Risque (Cuban Seminole, member of X-Corporation)
• Running Fish (half Apache, half Cibecue, Sunset Riders)
• Scalphunter, John Greycrow (Apache), mercenary, member of The Marauders and Krakoa's Hellions.
• Shaman (Sarcee, member of Alpha Flight))
• Silver Fox (Native Canadian, ally of Wolverine)
• Sitting Bullseye (Band of the Bland)
• Snowbird (half Inuit god, member of Alpha Flight)
• Spirit / Iron-Knife, Charlie (of G.I. Joe)
• Talisman (Sarcee, member of Alpha Flight)
• Talon (Derek Maza) leader of the Mutates from the Gargoyles comic series (half Hopi, half African American).
• Thunderbird (Apache, member of X-Men)
• T-bird, alternate Universe version of Thunderbird, (Apache, Exiles member)
• Tomorrow Hawk (a.k.a. Ceyote. of New Breed and Eternals)
• Venus (cloned from the DNA of Goliath and Elisa Maza, Gargoyles comic series)
• Warpath (Apache, member of New Mutants, X-Force, X-Corporation, & X-Men)
• Werehawk (Futurians)^[1]
• Witch Woman (former enemy turned ally of Ghost Rider)
• Wyatt Wingfoot (Keewazi, associate of Fantastic Four)
• Zachery Moonhunter (of the Avengers)

War Drums Studios / Mystic Comics

• Earth (Navajo, Tribal Force)
• Gan (Apache, Tribal Force)
• Little Big Horn (Sioux, Tribal Force)
• Thunder Eagle (Lakota, Tribal Force)

Red Cloud Comics

• Jake Red Cloud, Quechua (Red Cloud Comics)^{[2] [3]}

Super Indian Comics

• Super Indian (Once a Rez Boy, Now a Super Hero) Comic book and radio series^[4]

Independents

• Alma Grande, el Yaqui Justiciero (Mexican Yaqui, Publicaciones Herrerías, July 1961)
• Anarteq (Inuit) (Dozerfleet Productions) ^[5]
• Anthar (Gold Key Comics & Valiant Comics)
• Broadarrow (Valiant Comics)
• Centaur (1/8 Cherokee, F.R.E.E.Lancers)
• Cloud-Splitter (PS 238).
• Jerônimo (from Jerônimo, o Herói do Sertão, RGE, 1957)
• Johnny Cougar (Seminole) (Tiger Fleetway, May 6, 1967)
• John Redfeather (from Spirit of the Wolf) (Wild Wolf Studio)
• Haokah the Thunder Being (Spirit of the Wolf) (Wild Wolf Studio)
• Coyote the Trickster (Spirit of the Wolf) (Wild Wolf Studio)
• Koda the Warrior (Lakota)
• Longhunter (Valiant Comics)
• Nighthawk (Navajo, F.R.E.E.Lancers)
• Scout (Apache, Eclipse Comics)
• Scratchbuilt (Half Miskito, Half Central American, F.R.E.E.Lancers)
• Stallion Canuck (Native Canadian, Created by Lou Douzepis, King Led Comics)
• Supermaya (Mayan, Mexican comic)
• Tall Tree (Freedom Fighters, Valiant Comics)
• White Buffalo Warriors (Valiant Comics)
• Wilde Knight
• Charles Smith (Red Dead Redemption)
• Jenny Everywhere (Jenny Everywhere)

Newspapers

• Captain Chinook (from a Canadian newspaper, created by Jean Claude St. Aubin)
• MuttonMan, a comic in the Navajo Times, created by Navajo comedian Vincent Craig^[6]
• Patoruzú (Tehuelche, Argentine comic character created in 1928 by Dante Quinterno)

Radio

• Straight Arrow (1948-1950, NABISCO promotional character)
• Super Shamou (Inuk, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, 1980s)
• Tonto (a.k.a. Toro, Adventures of the Lone Ranger)
• Super Indian

Television

• Apache Chief (Apache, Super Friends)
• BraveStarr (BraveStarr Cartoon Series)
• Catwoman played by Eartha Kitt in the 1966 Batman TV series
• Delilah from the Gargoyles animated series (cloned from Elisa Maza and Demona's DNA, of multiractial heritage)
• Elisa Maza police detective from the Gargoyles TV series, (half Hopi, half African American)
• Geronimo of Kinnikuman series voiced by Kaneto Shiozawa (in Kinnikuman) and Eric Stuart (In Ultimate Muscle).
• Jade (Guatemala Clan, Gargoyles TV series)
• (Anishinabe)^[7]
• Long Shadow of Justice League Unlimited, voiced by Gregg Rainwater
• Nightwolf of voiced by Tod Thawley
• Obsidiana (Guatemala Clan, Gargoyles TV series)
• Super Shamou (Inuk, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation, 1980s)
• Talon (Derek Maza) leader of the Mutates from the Gargoyles animated series (half Hopi, half African American)
• Turquesa (Guatemala Clan, Gargoyles TV series)
• Tye Longshadow (Apache) of Young Justice, voiced by Gregg Rainwater
• Zafiro (Guatemala Clan, Gargoyles TV series)
• Tommy Oliver of the Power Rangers series

• Jessica Keynes (Oglala Lakota, )

Video games

• Chief Thunder of Killer Instinct
• Michelle Chang of Tekken (half Native American, half Chinese)
• Julia Chang of Tekken (half Native American, half Chinese)
• Nightwolf of Mortal Kombat
• [TIW] Madrey of Planetside 2
• Domasi "Thommy" Tawodi of Prey (Cherokee)
• Tal' Set of Turok (series)
• Red Harlow of Red Dead Revolver (half Native American)
• Ratonhnhaké:ton, aka Connor of Assassin's Creed III (half Mohawk, half British)
• Delsin Rowe of
• T. Hawk (fictional character in the Street Fighter series)

Film

• Jake Red Cloud of (played by Alex Kruz)^{[8] [9] [10] [11] [12]}
• Gail of Old Town in the Sin City movie, portrayed by Rosario Dawson
• Nightwolf of Mortal Kombat Annihilation (played by Litefoot)
• Vadinho (Aztec, mentor of Pumaman, L' Uomo puma / Pumaman, ADR Films 1980)
• Tonto of The Lone Ranger (played by Johnny Depp)

See also

• List of fictional Native Americans

External links

• International Hero: superheroes from around the world
• Jorge's Supers Lists
• Marvel Universe Appendix
• The Religious Affiliation of Comic Book Characters
• DCU Guide
• Book: Sheyahshe, Michael A. . Native Americans in Comic Books – A Critical Study . McFarland & Company. 2008 . 978-1-4766-0000-0. none.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Werehawk.
2. Web site: Red Cloud (2012) - Comic Book DB . 2013-02-20 . 2014-05-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140503063207/http://comicbookdb.com/title.php?ID=37318 . dead .
3. Web site: Unknown .
4. https://superindiancomics.com/ Super Indian Comics
5. Web site: Anarteq (disambiguation). 6 June 2023 . . Dozerfleet Database. June 6th, 2023.
6. http://www.navajotimes.com/entertainment/people/2010/0310/032510muttonman.php "Muttonman lives: Creator of comic hero finds strength in family, friends to fight cancer."
7. Web site: Kagagi APTN. https://web.archive.org/web/20141227212352/http://aptn.ca/kagagi/ . 2014-12-27 .
8. Web site: Red Cloud: Deliverance. IMDb.
9. Web site: Home.
10. Web site: Wizard World – 'Ghost Light' Earns 'Best in Show' at Wizard World Film Festival in Sacramento . 2014-05-03 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140413124737/http://wizardworlddigital.com/ghost-light-earns-best-in-show-at-wizard-world-film-festival-in-sacramento.html . 2014-04-13 .
11. Web site: Sacramento Comic Con. 2014-04-12. 2014-04-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20140413125905/http://newswire.bamfas.com/category/sacramento-comic-con/. dead.
12. Web site: Q & A with Latino Actor Alex Kruz. 13 March 2014.