The Native Woman Who Became A Chief — The Forgotten Story Of Woman Chief, The Warrior Who Led The Crow
What we have from Denig is enough to establish the reality and the remarkable character of her achievement.
What Beckwourth adds is entertainment, some of which may be based on real events, much of which cannot be distinguished from invention.
Crow Society’s Capacity for Exception
One of the questions that Woman Chief’s story forces us to ask is how Crow society accommodated her.
The answer has implications that go beyond her individual case.
Denig was explicit about the fact that Crow women did not generally participate in formal councils or military leadership.
The social structure he observed assigned women to specific roles and men to specific roles, and those roles were largely distinct.
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