Queen Anne

Queen Anne

female, deceased (1725)
Native American Women ruler leader Powhatan Confederacy English Woman warrior
Queen Anne (ca. 1650 - ca. 1715) became the chief of the Pamunkey tribe when her aunt Cockacoeske died. Colonial Governor William Berkeley... More
Lori Piestewa

Lori Piestewa

female, deceased (2003)
Iraq War Women in the Second Iraq War American military Women in the United States Army American military personnel killed in the Iraq War Native American military personnel … Woman warrior
SPC Lori Ann Piestewa (December 14, 1979-March 23, 2003) was a U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps soldier killed during the same Iraqi Army attack in... More
Running Eagle

Running Eagle

female, deceased (1850)
Blackfoot leader Native American Blackfoot tribe Date of birth unknown Woman warrior
Buffalo Calf Road Woman

Buffalo Calf Road Woman

female, deceased (1878)
Malaria Death from malaria Woman warrior Cheyenne Sioux battle of little big horn
Buffalo Calf Road Woman was a Northern Cheyenne woman who was the sister of a male Native American fighter who was involved in the Battle of... More

Dahteste

female
Rebel apache chiricahua fort sill mescalero apache reservation … Woman warrior
Dahteste was a Chiricahua Apache woman. Despite being married with children, she took part in raiding parties with her husband. She was a... More
Mary Jemison

Mary Jemison

female, deceased (1833)
Scots-Irish New York colonial Pennsylvania colonial Seneca Seneca tribe allegheny … Woman warrior
Mary Jemison was an American frontierswoman and an adopted [Seneca Nation|Seneca]. Mary Jemison was born to Thomas and Jane Jemison aboard the ship... More

Gouyen

female
mescalero apache comanche mescalero Woman warrior anglicization Mescalero language
Gouyen (an Anglicization of Mescalero Góyą́ń "the one who is wise"), was a 19th century Mescalero Apache woman. She tracked down a Comanche chie... More
Pine Leaf

Pine Leaf

female
james pierson beckwourth LGBT Native American Crow tribe Woman warrior Counting coup Two spirited
Pine Leaf was a woman of the Crow tribe who counted coup in the early 19th century. James Pierson Beckwourth describes her in his autobiography.... More
Lozen

Lozen

female, deceased (1887)
Native American magic chiricahua Date of birth unknown religious figure death by tuberculosis … Woman warrior
Lozen (c. 1840-1887?) was the sister of the Chihenne-Chiricahua Apache chief, Victorio (akas: Bidu-ya; Beduiat). She was born into the Chihenne... More

Moving Robe Woman

female, 154 years old
Lakota tribe Woman warrior