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Amache Prowers
Native American activist, advocate and cattle rancher / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Amache Ochinee Prowers, also known as Walking Woman (c. 1846–1905), was a Native American activist, advocate, cattle rancher, and operator of a store on the Santa Fe Trail. Her father was a Cheyenne peace chief who was killed during the Sand Creek massacre on November 29, 1864, after which she became a mediator between Colorado territorial settlers, Mexicans, and Native Americans during the 1860s and 1870s. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2018.
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![]() Amache Prowers, Cheyenne mediator, wife of John Wesley Prowers, late 19th century | |
Born | Amache Ochinee (Walking Woman)[1][lower-alpha 1] c. 1846 Southeastern Colorado plains |
Died | 1905 |
Nationality | Cheyenne |
Citizenship | Native American |
Occupation(s) | Mediator, cattle-rancher, business woman |
Spouse | John Wesley Prowers |
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