Rosalie Captain Chouteau sometimes referred to as Rosana or Rosa, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Friday, April 10, 1885 pg 12 retrieved 2026-8-23Dahlberg, Sophia Little Bear 1985/2000 Those Illustrious Frenchmen: The Chouteaus and the Osage Indians, pg 26was 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."
In popular culture She is featured (with her name incorrectly spelled as Rosa) in Judy Chicago's installation art piece The Dinner Party.
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