Lozen chose this path.

The specific process by which she made this choice and underwent the relevant training is not documented in the written record and is only partially preserved in the oral tradition.

What the oral accounts agree on is that she was recognized by her community as a warrior from early in her life — that her decision was accepted and honored by the people around her, and that she demonstrated the specific skills and qualities that the warrior tradition required.

The skills attributed to Lozen in the oral accounts are specific.