The hero is exceptional, distinct, the one who does what others cannot.

The Apache tradition has a different understanding.

The warrior who is most honored is not the one who achieves individual glory but the one who most completely serves the community.

The specific skills and gifts that a warrior possesses are understood as given for a purpose — to protect and sustain the people — rather than as personal assets to be deployed for individual advantage.

Lozen fits this Apache understanding of what makes a warrior admirable.