Table of Contents
Preface v
Chapter 1 Woman Chief: Leader of Her People 1
Chapter 2 Osh Tisch: Becoming a Woman 5
Chapter 3 Running Eagle: Brave-Hearted Woman 15
Chapter 4 Buffalo Calf Road: Warrior Woman 20
Chapter 5 Kate Bighead: Wartime Reporter 29
Chapter 6 Iron Teeth: Strong-Willed Survivor 38
Chapter 7 Medicine Snake Woman: Embracing the White World 51
Chapter 8 Eagle Woman: Peace Emissary 59
Chapter 9 Cynthia Ann Parker: White Comanche 70
Chapter 10 Monahsetah: Custer's Captive "Wife" 86
Chapter 11 Pretty Shield: Remembering the Old Days 104
Chapter 12 Buffalo Bird Woman: Keeping the Traditions Alive 120
Chapter 13 Josephine Crowfeather: Catholic Nun 136
Chapter 14 Sanapia: Comanche Medicine Woman 146
Chapter 15 The La Flesche Sisters: Walking in Two Worlds 159
Chapter 16 Josephine Waggoner: Lakota Historian 192
Chapter 17 Zitkala-Sa: Woman of the World 215
Chapter 18 Lost Bird: Sacred Child of the Wounded Knee Battlefield 236
Chapter 19 Mary Brave Bird: Defender of Her People 252
Chapter 20 SuAnne Big Crow: Shooting Star 275
Chapter 21 Rosebud Yellow Robe: Living in the Big City 286
Chapter 22 Lillian Bullshows Hogan: "A Plain Crow Indian Woman" 296
Acknowledgments 311
Bibliography 316
Index 330
About the Author 344