The Native Woman Who Became A Chief — The Forgotten Story Of Woman Chief, The Warrior Who Led The Crow
She was not performing for them.
She was not trying to shock or impress.
She was simply herself, a Crow chief who had just come back from wherever chiefs came back from, presenting evidence of military success in the way that Crow warriors did.
Denig wrote that she dressed as a woman — specifically, that she wore women’s clothing — but kept “all the style of a man and chief.” The devices on her robe represented her brave acts, in the tradition of Crow warrior robes.
She carried weapons.
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