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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.
Márohu. God of the moon and of rain, rainstorms, and floods; Boinayel's twin brother. Maketaori Guayaba. The god of Coaybay or Coabey, the land of the dead. Opiyel Guabiron. A dog-shaped god that watched over the dead; often associated with the Greek Cerberus .
Moving Robe Woman (Sioux name Tȟašína Máni), also known as Mary Crawler, Her Eagle Robe, She Walks With Her Shawl, Walking Blanket Woman, Moves Robe Woman, Walks With Her Robe and Tashenamani was a Hunkpapa Sioux woman who fought against General George Custer during the Battle of Little Big Horn to avenge her brother, One Hawk, who had been killed.
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 ...
The Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990 defines "Native American" as being enrolled in either federally recognized tribes or state recognized tribes or "an individual certified as an Indian artisan by an Indian Tribe." [1] This does not include non-Native American artists using Native American themes. Additions to the list need to reference a ...
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 ...
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.
Bowdash, Kootenai two-spirit warrior. Beth Brant (born 1941), Bay of Quinte Mohawk. Mary Brant, Mohawk leader. Mary Brave Bird (1953–2013), Brulé Lakota writer and activist [12] Bras Piqué, Natchez woman who tried to warn the French of her tribe's plans to attack them. Ignatia Broker (1919–1987), Ojibwa writer.