A very different kind of Amazon here. No chain stockings, no armour bikini, now broadsword. Instead buckskin, beads, a gun and lot of determination. Amazons have always stirred up the imagination of many people (predominantly male, I suppose). Stemming from the ancient sagas of Homer, it has always been a matter of doubt if they ever existed. Jeanne D`Arc was a singular case. Apart from that the Middle Ages have not seen any sword-swinging valkyries as they abound on the pages of this gallery. However, until just about 120 years ago there was a consistent and broad culture of woman warriors among Native American tribes. Although these societies had their role models as well, young people at the edge of adulthood had the freedom to CHOOSE. Consequently there have always been female Indian warriors. However, men remained largely in charge and wrote Indian history (not her story). And male Whites wrote the history of