Google celebrates the 69th anniversary of Barbara May Cameron’s birth with a special doodle. Cameron, born May 22, 1954, is a Native American photographer, poet, writer, and human rights activist remembered for her passionate writings and speeches. Sienna Gonzales, a Mexican LGBT artist and Chitimachan, created this doodle artwork (below) to commemorate Barbara’s 69th birthday.
Source: Google Doodle
Who is Barbara May Cameron?
Barbara May Cameron was born on May 22, 1954. She was a Lakota Hunkpapa of the Fort Yates Band of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. Her Lakota name was Wia Washte Wi, which means “woman or good woman.” After finishing her elementary and high school education, she studied photography and film at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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Achievements and awards
Cameron moved to San Francisco in 1973 after coming out as lesbian and pushing for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in the Native American community, as well as addressing racism in queer spaces. She was actively involved in a variety of programs to improve human well-being.
She became executive director of Comunidad Unida Contra la Violencia, where she helped victims of hate crimes and domestic abuse. Cameron was appointed to the Citizens’ Committee on Community Development and the San Francisco Commission on Human Rights by the mayor of San Francisco in 1988, and the next mayor appointed her to the United Nations Commission on the Status of the woman.
Barbara was also involved with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and the American Indian AIDS Institute, working as a consultant for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services and the Centers for Disease Control early in the 1990s, helping with children’s vaccination and AIDS programs. Some of her notable activities and achievements include:
- Cameron co-founded the first gay American Indian liberation organization, Gay American Indians.
- For five long years (1980 to 1985), Cameron took charge of the Gay Lesbian Freedom Day Parade and Celebration.
- She was honored with the Harvey Milk Award for Community Service in 1992.
- Additionally, she was the first recipient of the Bay Area Professional Women’s Community Service Award.
- In 1993, he collaborated with the International Indian AIDS Network to participate in AIDS education, traveling to various Indian reservations throughout the United States.
- Barbara was the founder of the Native American Health and Welfare Institute, and her first project published the works of Native American writers.
Death
Cameron was in a relationship with Linda Boyd for 21 long years. Together they raised a son, Rhys Boyd-Farrell. On February 12, 2002 he died of natural causes at the age of 47. His script “Long Time, No See” was unfinished when he died.
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