But the values she embodied — the courage, the commitment, the specific selflessness that put her people’s survival ahead of her own safety — are values that translate across historical circumstances.

And it is important simply because it is true.

She was there.

She did these things.

She deserves to be known.

The Apache woman who fought beside Geronimo.

The warrior who was Victorio’s shield.

The person whose gift could locate the enemy in the darkness of the mountain night.