Old-Lady-Grieves-The-Enemy was a

Pawnee Pawnee initially refers to a Native American people and its language: * Pawnee people * Pawnee language Pawnee is also the name of several places in the United States: * Pawnee, Illinois * Pawnee, Kansas * Pawnee, Missouri * Pawnee City, Nebraska * ...

woman who gained her name in the 19th century for her famed defense of the village of Pahaku against raiders.

Biography

Grieves-The-Enemy was best known among the Pawnee for her defense of the village of Pahaku, which was attacked by the

Ponca The Ponca ( Páⁿka iyé: Páⁿka or Ppáⁿkka pronounced ) are a Midwestern Native American tribe of the Dhegihan branch of the Siouan language group. There are two federally recognized Ponca tribes: the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and the Ponca ...

and

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in such outnumbering force that the village men resigned themselves and hid. In spite of this, Grieves-The-Enemy, then over the age of fifty, openly attacked the raiding men with a club and killed one of the Ponca tribesmen. Her actions rallied the village men to action, and the attack was repelled.Annals of Wyoming - Volume 59 - Page 50 1987

References

Year of death missing Native American women in warfare Pawnee people Year of birth unknown Women in 19th-century warfare 19th-century Native American women {{NorthAm-native-bio-stub