Anacaona (c.1474-1503) Poet Queen of Haiti When Columbus and his crew ravaged her land, this native Haitian poet gave all to keep the peace.
Comics Janequeo (16th century) The Rebel Spain Never Caught When her husband was killed by conquistadors, this native Chilean showed the Spanish what "fight like a woman" really means.
Comics Wungala (Indigenous Australian Myth) The Mom Who Beat the Devil with Bread When she came face-to-face with a great monster, this mother saved her child and herself through bravery, quick thinking, and great culinary skills.
Comics Gouyen (c.1857-1903) Wise Woman of the Apache When an enemy killed her husband, this Apache woman broke the rules of her tribe to get revenge - and in so doing, became one of her tribe's greatest heroes.
Sophie Morigeau (1836-1916) Hard-Living, Hard-Bargaining Frontier Woman The only use this Canadian badass had for pretty pink bows was to adorn her own rib — which she amputated from her own body after an accident.
Eréndira (early 16th century) How to Train Your Horse When horse-riding Spaniards invaded, she defied her tribe to befriend one of the abandoned horses, using her new bond to fight off the Spanish.
Truganini (1812-1876) The most famous native Tasmanian of all time The "Last of the Aboriginal Tasmanians" (she wasn't) used brains, brawn, and sheer will to carve a place for herself, even as the world was collapsing around her.
Sermerssuaq The strongest, strangest Inuit woman ever An Inuit woman so strong nobody could even beat her lice in arm-wrestling, her story just gets stranger the closer you look.
Iara Brazil's Lady of the Lake When this indigenous Brazilian warrior mermaid proved too awesome for her tribe, she just took up residence in the water, and started an aquatic harem of passers-by.
Osh-Tisch (1854-1929) Princess of Two Spirits The last Crow nation baté (Two Spirit mystic) in history, she earned her name -- which means "Finds Them and Kills Them" -- by tirelessly fighting to preserve her way of life.