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List of women warriors in folklore. The Swedish heroine Blenda advises the women of Värend to fight off the Danish army in a painting by August Malström (1860). The female warrior samurai Hangaku Gozen in a woodblock print by Yoshitoshi (c. 1885). The peasant Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc) led the French army to important victories in the Hundred ...
Running Eagle was oldest among her siblings and was residing in Southern Alberta, Canada. [ 5] She was also known as "Brown Weasel Woman." She was born into the Piikáni Piegan Tribe of the Blackfeet Nation. [ 6] Running Eagle had three younger sisters and two brothers. [ 7] As a child, she preferred to play with boys rather than girls, and at ...
This is the list of fictional Native Americans from notable works of fiction (literatures, films, television shows, video games, etc.). It is organized by the examples of the fictional indigenous peoples of North America: the United States, Canada and Mexico, ones that are the historical figures and others that are modern.
Cynthia Ann Parker, Naduah, Narua, or Preloch [ 7] ( Comanche: Na'ura, IPA [naʔura], lit. 'Was found'; [ 8] October 28, 1827 [ nb 1] – March 1871), [ 1] was a woman who was captured, aged around nine, by a Comanche band during the Fort Parker massacre in 1836, where several of her relatives were killed. She was taken with several of her ...
Edwin Carewe(1883–1940), the most prolific Native American director of feature films in Hollywood history. Luther Standing Bear(1868–1939), Native American film actor. Dark Cloud, also known as Elijah Tahamont, was an Algonquinchiefborn in St. Francis Indian Village, Quebec, Canada who lived from 1861 to 1918.
According to oral tradition, she knocked Custer off his horse at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Buffalo Calf Road Woman, or Brave Woman, ( c. 1844 [ 1] – 1879) was a Northern Cheyenne woman who saved her wounded warrior brother, Chief Comes in Sight, in the Battle of the Rosebud (as it was named by the United States) in June 1876.
Pages in category "Native American women in warfare" The following 45 pages are in this category, out of 45 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
Tiger Lily. Tiger Lily is an "Indian princess" character from the fictional "Piccaninny Tribe" [ sic] [ 16][ 17] in Peter and Wendy by J. M. Barrie. In the book, she is captured by Captain Hook and Mr. Smee and is rescued by Peter Pan. She has a limited command of the English language [ 18] and speaks in stereotypical, halting, broken English.