Birth Name: Winona H. LaDuke
Place of Birth: Los Angeles, California, United States
Date of Birth: August 18, 1959
Ethnicity:
*father – Ojibwe/Chippewa Native American, French-Canadian, German, distant Swiss-German
*mother – Ashkenazi Jewish
Winona LaDuke is an American economist, environmentalist, writer, industrial hemp grower, and politician. She has worked on Native American tribal land preservation and land claims. She has also been involved in sustainable development; and co-founded Honor the Earth, a Native environmental advocacy organization, who took part in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests. She was also the group’s executive director.
She was the Green Party’s nominee for Vice President of the United States in 1996 and 2000. She also received an electoral vote for Vice President from a faithless elector in 2016, though she was not a candidate. She was the first Green Party politician to receive an electoral vote.
Winona is the daughter of artist and artist Betty LaDuke (born Betty Bernstein) and New Age author Sun Bear (born Vincent LaDuke). Her father was born on the White Earth Indian Reservation, in Mahnomen, Minnesota, of Ojibwe/Chippewa Native American, French-Canadian, German, and distant Swiss-German, descent. Her mother was born in New York City, New York, to Polish Jewish/Russian Jewish parents.
Winona’s paternal grandfather was Louis Philip Laduke/La Duke/Leduc (the son of Pierre Agapit/Agapet/Peter Laduke/LeDuc and Élisabeth/Elizabeth/Isabelle “Lizzie” Bellecourte). Louis was born in White Earth, Becker, Minnesota. Pierre was born in Vermont, the son of French-Canadian parents, from Vercheres, Québec, Joseph-Ulric Leduc, who was from Varennes; and Marie-Marguerite Douaire dite Bondy. Winona’s great-grandmother Élisabeth was of Native American, and some French-Canadian, ancestry. She was the daughter of Eustache Wash-tash “O Mon Dah Gah Ne” Bellecourte/Belcour/Bellcour/Bellecour, who was born in Wisconsin; and of Josephte/Josette Turpin.
Winona’s paternal grandmother was Judith Heisler/Heiser (the daughter of William John Heisler). Judith was born in North Dakota. William was the son of John Nicholas Heisler and Jane Parker.
Winona’s maternal grandfather was named Sam Bernstein (the son of David Bernstein).
Winona’s maternal grandmother was named Helen Peskin (the daughter of Phillip Peskin/Peskies, and of a woman surnamed Berman/Bedsofsky). Phillip was born in Ciechanow, Ciechanów County, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland, the son of Moiszes Peskies and Edith. Helen’s maternal grandparents were Moishe Berman and Alta Basha. Helen also had roots in Brest, Belarus.
Sources: Biographies of Winona’s parents – https://www.oregonencyclopedia.org
https://www.pcc.edu
Genealogy of Winona LaDuke – https://www.geni.com
Genealogy of Winona’s father (focusing on his own father’s side) – https://www.wikitree.com
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