She rode into the battle.

The soldiers came and they were defeated.

And the woman who rode into the fight on June 25, 1876, survived to tell what she saw.

That voice was always there.

It just took American culture a long time to listen.

A NOTE ON SOURCES AND HISTORICAL METHOD

The account in this article draws on multiple categories of evidence.

Moving Robe Woman’s own testimony, recorded in translated form, is the primary source for her personal account of the battle.