The Native Woman Who Became A Chief — The Forgotten Story Of Woman Chief, The Warrior Who Led The Crow

She sat in council.

She led war parties.

She owned four wives and large herds of horses.

She was the subject of songs that her community sang.

She was a chief.

Not a woman pretending to be a chief.

Not a chief despite being a woman.

A chief — one who happened to be a woman, in a society that recognized what she had earned regardless of what she was.