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

The gap between what she achieved and how well-known she is remains enormous.

A Crow woman who was the third-highest chief in her band in the mid-nineteenth century — who was known to her contemporaries as one of the most accomplished warriors of her era — should be part of the standard narrative of American history in that period.

She is not.

Not yet.

The Full Length of Her Achievement

Let the specific facts of what she accomplished simply be stated, without elaboration:

She was born to one nation and raised by another.