Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (December 14, 1863 – May 17, 1952), was a Métis Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians attorney, Native American rights activist, and suffragist.

[4] In 1904, after Congress settled the claims, Bottineeau Baldwin accepted an appointment from President Theodore Roosevelt to serve as a clerk in the Office of Indian Affairs (OIA) and was charged with overseeing government contracts to the reservations.

In 1914, while serving on the SAI's Executive Council, Bottineau Baldwin took part in a delegation to President Woodrow Wilson, presenting a memorial that challenged the wardship status of many Native peoples.

"[13] In 1915, Bottineau Baldwin was elected treasurer of the SAI, but soon thereafter she began to feel marginalized and attacked by other leaders of the organization, including Gertrude Simmons Bonnin, who questioned the loyalty of Native employees of the federal Indian Service.

[14] The tensions within the SAI which cumulated in a series of conflicts and loss of friendships leading to Baldwin withdrawing from the organization and the national scene of Native activism in 1919.

[18] Rather than creating a float in mythical tribute to Native American women, as parade organizers suggested, she chose to march as a modern indigenous woman with fellow lawyers and suffragists.

[8] During her time at Washington College of Law, Bottineau Baldwin became interested in the suffrage movement by actively attending conferences for the Office of Indian Affairs and engaging in "mainstream feminist conversations.

As an attorney and employee for the Office of Indian Affairs, Bottineau Baldwin chose to submit a photo of herself in Native clothing instead of her usual modern apparel for her federal profile.

[15] In her public appearances, Bottineau Baldwin inspired indigenous community members as she educated the populace to move past defamatory stereotypes about Native Americans.

The Office of Indian Affairs funded her travels because they believed Bottineau Baldwin's presence as a "successful Native woman" would impress graduates.

[11] In 2020, during the centennial commemoration of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment, the journal Minnesota History called for more public recognition of Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin and other Native suffragists.