Includes bibliographical references and index.

Woman Chief: leader of her people -- Osh Tisch: becoming a woman -- Running Eagle: brave-hearted woman -- Buffalo Calf Road: warrior woman -- Kate Bighead: wartime reporter -- Iron Teeth: strong-willed survivor -- Medicine Snake woman: embracing the white world -- Eagle Woman: peace emissary -- Cynthia Ann Parker: white Comanche -- Monahsetah: Custer's captive "wife" -- Pretty Shield: remembering the old days -- Buffalo Bird Woman: keeping the traditions alive -- Josephine Crowfeather: Catholic nun -- Sanapia: Comanche medicine woman -- The la Flesche sisters: walking in two worlds -- Josephine Waggoner: Lakota historian -- Zitkala-Sa: woman of the world -- Lost Bird: sacred child of the Wounded Knee battlefield -- Mary Brave Bird: defender of her people -- Suanne Big Crow: shooting star -- Rosebud Yellow Robe: living in the big city -- Lillian Bullshows Hogan: "a plain Crow woman".