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* [[TheVentureBrothers Sgt. Hatred's]] ex-wife, Princess Tinyfeet.

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* ''WhiteFang'' 2 (yet another improbable sequel) has one of these to help our protagonist see things the Inuit way.

The Indian Maiden is the apple of both the Native and White man's eye, a slender young woman who can travel well with her father/brothers on journeys as well as aid her mother and children in their tents as they prepare a meal for the hunters. She is also the calming force behind her father or chieftain, helping him through the difficult times of woe in an age that threatens their way of life. She will often have a MeaningfulName such as Little Rose or Quiet One that relates to her personality.

* Cholena in the third ''AnAmericanTail'' movie.

* Magawisca of ''Hope Leslie''. Not only does she get to save the life of Everell [[ShoutOut a la]] [[InspiredBy Pocahontas and John Smith]] (though nothing ever indicated that she falls for him -- if anything, ''he'' might have developed feelings for ''her''), but she has a rather...[[LesYay close relationship]] with the titular character, [[MagicalNativeAmerican who's helping to teach her]] that despite the brutal slaughter of her family and kidnapping of her sister-to-be [[RaisedByNatives raised among the Pequods]], the ways of the NobleSavage are not wrong and in fact have much wisdom. This may be why she gets to be a heroine in her own right.

* In GeneStrattonPorter's ''Michael O'Halloran'', Douglas specifically points out that the woman who made the gorgeous basket does not fit the type: "I wish I might truthfully report an artist's Indian of the Minnehaha type"

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* OnDeadlyGround has one.
* WhiteFang 2 (yet another improbable sequel) has one of these to help our protagonist see things the Inuit way.

* [[{{Jackie Chan}} Chon Wang]]'s wife in ShanghaiNoon. Notable in that her love interest was Chinese, not white (at least until the ending).
* The guide Shaquinna in AlmostHeroes.
* Sacagawea from {{Night At The Museum}} and its sequel.

* Nadie from ''ElCazadorDeLaBruja''. Probably.

* [[{{Jackie Chan}} Chon Wang]]'s wife in ShanghaiNoon. Notable in that her love interest was Chinese, not white (at least until the ending).{{Night At The Museum}} and 2.

* Sacagawea from

* [[{{Jackie Chan}} Chon Wang]]'s wife in ShanghaiNoon. Notable in that her love interest was Chinese, not white (at least until the ending).

* Nscho-tschi in the adventure novel ''Winnetou''(1893) by the German writer {{Karl May}}.

* Little Strongheart in ''MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' is this in spades, being just a calf but faster and just as strong as any of the other buffalo in her tribe.

* Cholena in the third ''An American Tail'' movie.

She might also be TheChiefsDaughter. Compare MagicalNegro, NobleSavage, NubileSavage, MeLoveYouLongTime.

*** For his part, Old Shatterhand seemed to have feelings of great affection and friendship for her, and treats her with great respect. He does have a tendence to remark upon the great similarities between her and her brother Winnetou, both in looks and in character. And since he fell for her brother [[LoveAtFirstSight at first sight]]...

**** Not to mention how, much earlier, she was shown to be able to carry a very serious and heavy conversation with Old Shatterhand on the themes of life and death, religion, science, the cultural differences between the whites and the indians, and what each culture expects from a woman. Despite her strong feelings of love for him, she challenges and even defies him, calls him naive, and pretty much puts him in his place. And at the end of her impassionate speech, he is left staring at her in awe, and feels that he has no right to tell her what she can or can't do. He also notices that she's even more beautiful when she's angry, "like a goddess of revenge".
** Kah-o-oto ("Black Hair") of the neighboring (and enemy) Kiowa tribe is another good example, and her resemblance to Nscho-tschi is noticed repeatedly by Old Shatterhand. They meet when he falls prisoner to the Kiowas, in a parallel to his first meeting with Nscho-tschi (where he was a prisoner of the Apaches). There is even a tentative of arranged marriage, in order to save his life, but Old Shatterhand refuses. She gracefully accepts his rejection, and still helps him escape. In a sequel set decades later, she is shown as being much more action-orientated, very lonely, and apparently still very much in love with Old Shatterhand. He is shown to be aware of this as well, and offers to be her "brother". Oh, and she becomes good friends with his wife.
** Ribanna, the Rose of the Assiniboins, is the only woman Winnetou has ever loved. This happened when he was almost still a child, so it's no surprise that she chose another husband -- Winnetou's best friend at that time, the white hunter Old Firehand. Winnetou accepts her choice, gives Old Firehand a very stoic version of the IfYouEverDoAnythingToHurtHer speech, returns later to avenge her death, looks after her child before ''and'' after she dies. And swears off women forever.
** Kolma-Puschi ("Black Eyes"), initially thought to be a lonely warrior (or possibly even a sort of spirit) wandering The Plains, turns out to be Tahua ("The Sun"), an indian maiden of great beauty, educated in the East and married to a white man named Bender, with whom she has two sons - later on, these will be the famed white hunter Old Surehand and Apanatschka, chieftain of a Comanche tribe. Her younger sister Tocbela ("The Sky") was also very beautiful, and in both cases their beauty has brought them many, many misfortunes.

* Magawisca of ''Hope Leslie''. Not only does she get to save the life of Everell [[ShoutOut a la]] [[InspiredBy Pocahontas and John Smith]] (though it is never indicated she falls for him--if anything, ''he'' might have developed feelings for ''her''), but she has a rather...[[LesYay close relationship]] with the titular character, [[MagicalNativeAmerican helping to teach her]] that despite the brutal slaughter of her family and kidnapping of her sister to be [[RaisedByNatives raised among the Pequods]], the ways of the NobleSavage are not wrong and in fact have much wisdom. This may be why she gets to be a heroine in her own right.

** In fact the historical Pocahantas apparently went over the the English lock-stock-and-barrel turning Christian, marrying an Englishman (NOT John Smith) and wowing the Court of King James as 'The Lady Rebecca'. In fact she was so royal that James wondered if her husband, John Rolf, shouldn't be punished for presuming to marry a princess.

* Cholena in the third ''AnAmericanTail'' movie.

* [[{{Jackie Chan}} Chon Wang]]'s wife in ShanghaiNoon. Notable in that her love interest was Chinese, not white (at least until the ending)

* [[{{Jackie Chan}} Chon Wang]]'s wife in ShanghaiNoon. Notable in that her love interest was Chinese, not white.

** [[RecycledINSPACE On a related note]], Neytiri from ''{{Film/Avatar}}''.