The term hemaneh has sometimes been used in discussions of Crow gender diversity, though the precise cultural meaning and application of such terms requires careful handling.

What the existence of this tradition tells us is that Crow society was not cognitively unprepared for someone like Woman Chief.

She was unusual — Denig was clear that she was the only woman who had achieved chiefly status in Crow history — but she was not socially impossible.

The social framework had ways of understanding and accommodating people who exceeded or crossed the normal boundaries.

This is different from saying Crow society had no gender norms.