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The Cheyenne had a famous female woman too... Mochi Buffalo Calf Woman ... @diane

Mo-chi: First Female Cheyenne Warrior

Also known as Buffalo Calf Woman, she survived the attacks by soldiers at Sand Creek in 1864 and the Washita River in 1868 and vowed vengeance against

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Also known as Buffalo Calf Woman, she survived the attacks by soldiers at Sand Creek in 1864 and the Washita River in 1868 and vowed vengeance against those who murdered her family and her people

After several small raids along the Platte River, Cheyenne, Sioux and Arapaho warriors joined together in force to hit Julesburg, where there was a stage station, store and warehouse. Camp Rankin was one mile to the west. The attacking force on January 7, 1865, included about 1,000 warriors, as well as many women, who were leading the extra horses that were needed to carry any stolen supplies back to their camp. Among these women was Mo-chi, who was always ready to help her people. She would prove herself worthy.

Incredible Feats of Bravery Historical Marker

Women at Sand Creek During the soldiers' attack, men in the village put up the best defense they could. (A historical marker located near Chivington in Kiowa County, Colorado.)

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As a young Cheyenne girl, Mochi Buffalo Calf Woman survived the Sand Creck Massacre and later rose within the Cheyenne to become a woman warrior In 1877, she was exiled by the US Army Fort Marion, St Augustine, FL. Mochi was the only Cheyenne female specifically incarcerated us a prisoner in Florida.

Lettie June Shakespeare, Arapaho Tribe, related the story of a distant relation on her mother's side of the family, who saved many children during the massacre Account taken from Sand Creek Massacre Site Location Study, Oral History Project conducted in 1999.
Cheyenne Blackhead Woman, seen here in October 1933, was the daughter of Chief White Antelope, who was killed during the Sand Creek Massacre Blackhead Woman survived the massacre and lived to the age of 86, before passing on December 12, 1933.

 

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The Cheyenne had a famous female woman too...

empasis mine

who would have thunk it?

 

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Here is an interesting look at women warriors of folklore...

List of women warriors in folklore - Wikipedia

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This is a list of women who engaged in war, found throughout mythology and folklore, studied in fields such as literature, sociology, psychology, anthropology, film studies, cultural studies, and women's studies. A mythological figure does not always mean a fictional one, but rather, someone of whom stories have been told that have entered the cultural heritage of a people. Some women warriors are documented in the written or scientific record[1][2] and as such form part of history (e.g. the Ancient Briton queen Boudica, who led the Iceni into battle against the Romans). However, to be considered a warrior, the woman in question must have belonged to some sort of military, be it recognized, like an organized army, or unrecognized, like revolutionaries.

 

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Here is an American Indian warrior...

Ehyophsta - Wikipedia

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Ehyophsta (Cheyenne for "Yellow-Haired Woman") was a Cheyenne woman. She was the daughter of Stands-in-the-Timber who died in 1849, and she was the niece of Bad Faced Bull. She fought in the Battle of Beecher Island in 1868, and also fought the Shoshone that same year, where she counted coup against one enemy and killed another. She fought the Shoshone again in 1869. She was also a member of a secret society composed exclusively of Cheyenne women. She died in 1915.

She is one of the women in the Heritage Floor of the famous feminist installation art work, The Dinner Party, by Judy Chicago.[1]