# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/we-wha
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:20:49.352Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/we-wha"
name: "We'wha"
slug: "we-wha"
description: "We'wha was a Zuni Native American lhamana from New Mexico, and a notable weaver and potter. As the most famous lhamana on record, We'wha served as a cultural ambassador for Native Americans in general, and the Zuni in particular, serving as a contact point and educator for many European-American settlers, teachers, soldiers, missionaries, and anthropologists. We'wha's adopted family was one of the richest and most influential in Zuni culture, placing We'wha in a privileged position to assert their ceremonial importance as a lhamana. In 1886, We'wha was part of the Zuni delegation to Washington, D.C.; during that visit, We'wha met President Grover Cleveland."
tagline: "Zuni two-spirit"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/We-Wa%2C_a_Zuni_berdache%2C_full_length_portrait_-_NARA_-523798_contrast_clean.jpg?width=1200"
category:
  name: "Artists"
  slug: "artists"
profileType:
  name: "Artist"
  slug: "artist"
birthDate: "1849"
deathDate: "1896"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           47.39
  momentum:             0.6131687242798355
  historical:           6.426177333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     39.99999999999999
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%A8%81%E5%A8%83"
    title: "威娃"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/We%E2%80%99wha"
    title: "We’wha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/We'wha"
    title: "We'wha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/We'wha"
    title: "We'wha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/We'wha"
    title: "We'wha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/We'wha"
    title: "We'wha"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hi.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%87'%E0%A4%B5%E0%A5%8D%E0%A4%B9%E0%A4%BE"
    title: "वे'व्हा"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7977193"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump