Buffalo Calf Road Woman
(1850s - 1878) U.S.A.
Female Cheyenne warrior
In 1876 at the Battle of the Rosebud, the Cheyenne and Sioux under Crazy Horse were retreating and her brother was abandoned on the field of battle, she dashed out on her pony and rescued him from under the noses of the white men, her courage so heartened the Indians that they rallied and defeated General Crook, henceforth, the Cheyenne referred to the Battle of the Rosebud as "Where the Young Girl Rescued Her Brother".
Buffalo Calf Road Woman's conspicuous act of courage vaulted her out of the usual feminine gender role into warrior status, and eight days later she was one of six females documented to have ridden into battle against Custer, but it is not know how she dressed or referred to herself after this series of events, but she had status equivalent to male warriors.
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