The power was real, it worked, and it was part of who she was.

Victorio’s Sister

The central relationship in Lozen’s documented life was with her brother Victorio.

He was the chief of the Warm Springs Apache — a leader of exceptional military and political ability who became one of the most formidable opponents the United States Army faced in the entire history of the Apache Wars.

Victorio was a strategic thinker as well as a warrior.

He understood the political dimensions of his situation — the conflict between the Apache and the United States was not simply military, it was a conflict over land, over the terms of peace, over the locations of reservations and the conditions under which Apache people would be expected to live.