Women have always played important roles in Native societies. In this episode of Crash Course Native American History, Lily Gladstone helps us unpack the ways Native women have shown up, as war heroes and peacemakers, and as matriarchs and activists. Introduction: Divine Women 00:00 Matriarchal Societies 0:37 Native Women at War 2:01 Jikonsaseh 3:05 Ideas about Gender 4:48 Effects of Colonization