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Pretty Shield (1856–1944) was a medicine woman of the Crow Nation. Her biography, perhaps the first record of female Native American life, was written by Frank B. Linderman , who interviewed her using an interpreter and sign language.
The dedication of his book With the Indians in the Rockies (published in 1912) reads: "This book is affectionately dedicated to my wife Celia Hawkins Schultz whose good comradeship and sympathy have been my greatest help in writing this tale". The Blackfoot gave her the name "No-Coward Woman" after she had an encounter with a grizzly bear.
Osh-Tisch (Crow: "Finds Them and Kills Them") [1] [2] was a Crow badé. A badé (also spelled baté and boté) is a male-bodied person in a Crow community who takes part in some of the social and ceremonial roles usually filled by women in that culture. Osh-Tisch fought in the 1876 Battle of the Rosebud, as recounted by Pretty Shield. [3]
The Other Magpie was a Crow woman best known for fighting in the Battle of the Rosebud on the side of General George Crook against the Sioux and Cheyenne, alongside Osh-Tisch. [ 1 ] Pretty Shield , a Crow author and medicine woman, described her as being wild and attractive, but not having a man. [ 1 ]
Leah Hirsig (April 9, 1883 – February 22, 1975) was an American schoolteacher [1] and occultist, notable for her magical record diary, The Magical Record of the Scarlet Woman, which describes her experiences and visions as an associate, friend, and victim [1] of occult writer Aleister Crowley. She was the most famous of Crowley's "Scarlet ...
Generally the Baaxpée a Crow wishes to attain through a vision quest is personal and specific to the individual. Before embarking upon the quest a Crow might visit a medicine man to help determine what type of Baaxpée would most aid them, and to go over the rites and prayers to ensure their endeavour follows the rituals. [14]
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Henry Real Bird at National Folk Festival, Butte, Montana, 2008. Henry Real Bird (born July 24, 1948), a member of the Crow Nation, [1] is a poet.. Real Bird was raised by his grandparents ranching on the Crow Reservation in Montana, and entered first grade speaking only the Crow Indian Language, which as his primary language gives form to his poetry.