Unfortunately, Kaitchknoa's warning was not taken seriously, and the army officers were killed. Nonetheless, her decision was a great act of bravery that put her at considerable risk, and she deserves to be remembered among the heroes of the descimating wars between the US and Indian nations. The status of women among the Pueblo is extraordinarily high. Descent is traced through the mother. The houses and garden patches are owned by the women.
Husbands move into their wives' homes.
Indian women on the Oregon Coast held a comparable liberated status. Occasionally they voiced strong public opinions which went far beyond family problems. There were recorded instances of native women being so persuasive concerning intra-tribal problems that they became military leaders. Ethnologist Edward S. Curtis reported that the Shasta, like the Kutenai and the Crow, had a female leader, Chief Hapantugharapha, whose primary role was to prevent fighting. Elizabeth Jameson and Susan Armitage write that societies such as the Salish allowed women a certain latitude in roles as traders, warriors and shamans.