About Rosana Chouteau
Rosana Chouteau was an American politician.
Rosalie Captain Chouteau sometimes referred to as Rosana or Rosa, 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.
A year after her election, Choteau asserted, "I think my band obey me better than they would a man."
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