Rosana Chouteau

First female elected chief of the Osage Beaver Band, of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma, in 1875 leader

Rosana Chouteau was the first woman to be elected chief of the Osage Beaver Band, a clan of the Native American Osage Nation in Oklahoma, in 1875, following the death of her uncle.[1][2][3]

A year after her election, Choteau asserted, "I think my band obey me better than they would a man."[4][3]

## In popular culture[edit]

She is featured (with her name incorrectly spelled as Rosa) in Judy Chicago's installation art piece The Dinner Party.[5]

## References[edit]

1. ^ Buchanan, James Shannon (1954). Chronicles of Oklahoma. Oklahoma Historical Society.
2. ^ Niethammer, Carolyn (2010). Daughters of the Earth. Simon and Schuster.
3. ^ a b Weatherford, Doris L. (2003). A History of Women in the United States: State-By-State Reference, 4 volume set. Danbury, CT: Grolier. ISBN 071725805X.
4. ^ Foreman, Carolyn Thomas (1975). Indian Women Chiefs (Repr. [d. Ausg.] Muskogee, Okla. : Hoffman, 1954. ed.). Washington: Zenger Pub. Co. ISBN 0892010193.
5. ^ "Brooklyn Museum: Rosa Chouteau". www.brooklynmuseum.org. Retrieved 2020-11-22.

## External links[edit]

* "Osage Nation, Oklahoma: History of the Osage". USGenWeb Archives. Retrieved 2013-08-13.

This biographical article about a Native American politician is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it.

|

* v
* t
* e

*[v]: View this template
*[t]: Discuss this template
*[e]: Edit this template