The Native Woman Who Became A Chief — The Forgotten Story Of Woman Chief, The Warrior Who Led The Crow
The Crow were renowned horsemen.
They had acquired horses earlier than many of their neighbors, which gave them a significant military and economic advantage for a period.
By the early nineteenth century, they were a fully equestrian culture — horses were wealth, horses were military capability, and the raid for horses was one of the central activities of Crow society.
Crow society was organized around clans — matrilineal kinship groups through which identity, inheritance, and social obligation flowed.
The nation was divided into bands, each with its own leadership structure, and the bands came together for specific purposes like the Sun Dance ceremony and major bison hunts.
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