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Ingrid Washinawatok – Menominee
Ingrid Washinawatok El-Issa (also known as O’Peqtaw-Metamoh and Flying Eagle Woman) (July 31, 1957- February 1999) was an internationally-known member of the Menominee Nation of upper Wisconsin. She was murdered by FARC guerrillas in Colombia. At the time of her death she was forty-one years old, the wife of Ali El-Issa, a Palestinian, and the mother of her 14-year-old son, Maehkiwkasic (meaning “Red Sky”). She was born in Keshena, Wisconsin.
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