Lozen was a 19th-century Chiricahua Apache warrior and spiritual figure, remembered as one of the fiercest women of the American Southwest. Born around 1840 into the Chihenne (Warm Springs) Apache, she was the sister of Chief Victorio and fought beside him during his resistance to U.S. and Mexican forces in the late 1870s. Victorio called her “his right hand” and “a shield to her people.” Lozen was known not only for her skill with rifle and horse, but for a spiritual gift: during ceremonies, sh

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