Society of American Indians
- Progressive group formed in Columbus, Ohio in 1911 by 50 Native Americans, most of them middle-class professional men and women
- Established to address the problems facing Native Americans, such as ways to improve health, education, civil rights, and local government
- Founding six members were Dr. Carlos Montezuma (Yavapai-Apache), Charles Eastman (Dakota), Thomas L. Sloan (Omaha), Charles E. Dagenett (Peoria), Laura Cornelius (Oneida), and Chief Henry Standing Bear (Oglala Lakota)
- While the Society did not last long, it provided a forum for Indian leaders and a basis for later attempts to improve conditions for Native Americans