Introduction / Theda Perdue -- 1. Pocahontas: The Hostage Who Became Famous / Helen C. Rountree -- 2. Mary Musgrove: Creating a New World / Michael D. Green -- 3. Molly Brant: From Clan Mother to Loyalist Chief / James Taylor Carson -- 4. Sacagawea: The Making a Myth / Donna Barbie -- 5. Catharine Brown: Cherokee Convert to Christianity / Theda Perdue -- 6. Lozen: An Apache Woman Warrior / Laura Jane Moore -- 7. Mourning Dove: Gender and Cultural Mediation / Dee Garceau -- 8. Gertrude Simmons Bonnin: For the Indian Cause / P. Jane Hafen -- 9. Lucy Nicolar: The Artful Activism of a Penobscot Performer / Bunny McBride -- 10. Maria Montoya Martinez: Crafting a Life, Transforming a Community / Terry R. Reynolds -- 11. Alice Lee Jemison: A Modern "Mother of the Nation" / Laurence M. Hauptman -- 12. Delfina Cuero: A Native Woman's Life in the Borderlands / Phillip H. Round -- 13. Anna Mae Pictou-Aquash: An American Indian Activist / Devon A. Mihesuah -- 14. Ada Deer: Champion of Tribal Sovereignty / Nancy Oestreich Lurie