History Main / TheChiefsDaughter

* In ''VideoGame/BrigandineTheLegendOfRunersia'', Talia is the ruler of the Shinobi Tribe whose mother Della is its chief.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'', [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Sheriff Huck]] suffers an amnesia and ends up falling in love with Desert Flower, the daughter of the chief and chieftess of a tribe of Native American dogs.

Not to be confused with the usually-white JunglePrincess, who is essentially a female Franchise/{{Tarzan}}. Compare IndianMaiden. See also GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe and BoldlyComing for the far-future equivalent. Subtrope of TheOutsiderBefriendsTheBest

Not to be confused with the usually-white JunglePrincess, who is essentially a female Franchise/{{Tarzan}}. Compare IndianMaiden. See also GreenSkinnedSpaceBabe and BoldlyComing for the far-future equivalent.

* ''[[Manga/MagiLabyrinthOfMagic Magi: Adventure of Sinbad]]'' features Rurumu, the daughter of Chief Rametoto of the Imuchakk tribe, who Hinahoho had [[Main/ChildhoodFriendRomance always loved since childhood]]. Her [[Main/AmazonianBeauty strong build and height]] were almost matched with Hinahoho's.

* Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' plays this trope pretty straight except Pocahontas is the protagonist herself. Also the other Powhatan are actually not that much less attractive than her (just look at Nakoma) and they are portrayed as having identical mindsets, emotions, and intelligence as the English (white) settlers.

* In ''LightNovel/HowARealistHeroRebuiltTheKingdom,'' Aisha is the daughter of the Chief of the Dark Elves, from the God-Protected Forest. He receives a royal boon due to helping out Elfrieden, and his move is to marry off Aisha to Souma Kazuya. This will have [[AltarDiplomacy benefits to the Dark Elves,]] but he mainly did it because Aisha is utterly, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obviously]] head-over-heels in love with Kazuya. Funnily enough, the PrincessClassic is a rarity in this setting in any nation we’ve seen. They tend to be either {{Cute Bruiser}}s, or extremely [[TheChessmaster shrewd]] strategists.

* In ''LightNovel/HowARealistHeroRebuiltTheKingdom,'' Aisha is the daughter of the Chief of the Dark Elves, from the God-Protected Forest. He receives a royal boon due to helping out Elfrieden, and his move is to marry off Aisha to Souma Kazuya. This will have [[AltarDiplomacy benefits to the Dark Elves,]] but he mainly did it because Aisha is utterly, [[EveryoneCanSeeIt obviously]] head-over-heels in love with Kazuya. Funnily enough, the PrincessClassic is a rarity in this setting in any nation we’ve seen. They tend to be either {{Cute Bruiser}}s, or extremely [[TheChessmaster shrewd]] strategists.

* ''LightNovel/{{KonoSuba}}'' features Yunyun who is the daughter of Chief Hiropon of the Crimson Demon clan and the former classmate and rival of Megumin.

* In ''The Saga of the Borderlands'', by the Argentine writer Liliana Bodoc, Nanahuatli is not the daughter of the chief, but the sister of the emperor of [[MayIncaTec The Lords of the Sun]]. She falls in love with Thungur, a warrior from the Husihuilke tribe, who is from a much lower social class. When she finds out about their romance, her brother is so enraged that he orders Nanahuatli to be taken to the Temple of the Virgins, where she will be sacrificed to the gods. [[spoiler: She manages to escape.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/FreeBirds'' features Jenny, the daughter of Chief Broadbeak of the turkey tribe and the sister of Ranger, who is seemingly attractive towards Reggie. [[spoiler:She later becomes the turkey tribe's new chief after her father's HeroicSacrifice]].

* In ''Series/{{Smallville}}'', Clark finds the Kawatche Caves where he meets Kyla Willowbrook, the grand-daughter of a Native American chief.
* In the ''Series/{{Star Trek|The Original Series}}'' episode "The Paradise Syndrome", Kirk suffers a bout of amnesia and ends up married to native Princess Miramanee. It does not end well.

* In the ''Lucky Luke'' story "La Corde au cou", the Dalton brothers are spared execution when their mother find women willing to take them to husbands - all of them are the daughters of the Chief of the Flat Heads, but to their dismay, only one of them, Averell's wife, fits the trope to the T (she's adopted).

* In ''ComicStrip/{{Tumbleweeds}}'', Little Pigeon is the daughter of the chief of Poohawk Native Americans, who is a "flower among the weeds".

* In the film ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' Daniel Jackson gets married to the Abydos chief's daughter, Sha're.

* In ''WesternAnimation/{{Ewoks}}, Princess Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka is the younger daughter of the widowed Chief Chirpa of the Ewok tribe, whose older sister Asha went missing during the death of their mother Ra-Lee and who is often the voice of reason and wisdom to her friends.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'', the main heroine Raya has to use the Dragon Gem's power to revive her beloved father Benja, the chief of the Heart tribe who was turned into a statue by the Druun. There is also an anti-heroine, Namaari, who is the daughter of Chieftess Virana of the Fang tribe.''

* ''ComicBook/{{Blueberry}} features Chini, the daughter of the aging chief Cochise of the Navajo tribe.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'', Huck suffers an amnesia and ends up falling in love with Desert Flower, the daughter of the chief and chieftess of a tribe of Native American dogs.

* ''Film/ChristopherColumbusTheDiscovery'' has topless [[NubileSavage native girls]]. The chief's daughter is the most prominent of them, and Creator/RogerEbert "joked" that the position is probably chosen by [[BuxomIsBetter cup size]].

* In ''Film/ShanghaiNoon'', Jackie Chan's character gets married to the Sioux chief's daughter somewhat by accident (she knew exactly what she was doing). Once they leave the village she pretty much goes off on her own but occasionally shows up to [[BigDamnHeroes rescue]] Chon Wang and Roy when they get into trouble. At the end of the movie she dumps Chon for Roy.
* In the film ''Film/{{Stargate}}'' Daniel Jackson gets married to the Abydos chief's daughter.

** Eska, as daughter of Unalaq, would thus qualify, much as Yue in the original series did before her. Ironically, her ex-boyfriend/fiance even goes on to be a "mover star" in a corny series of adventure serials much like those in which this trope would be played totally straight, but his on-screen love interest doesn't fit the trope.

* In ''WesternAnimation/TheVentureBros'', Princess Tinyfeet is Main/TheVoiceless daughter of the Native American chief Justice and the ex-wife of Sergeant Hatred.

* The ''Comicbook/{{Batman}}'' {{Pirate}}s {{Elseworld}} ''Leatherwing'', had Captain Leatherwing rescue a South American chief's daughter from slavers, only to end up with an AccidentalMarriage.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'' features Desert Flower, the daughter of the chief and chieftess of a tribe of Native American dogs and frankly the love interest of [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]].

* ''LightNovel/{{KonoSuba}}'' features Yunyun who is the daughter of the chief of the Crimson Demons and the former classmate of Megumin.

* Zumi in ''[[Animation/Ainbo Ainbo: Spirit of the Amazon]]'' is a best friend to the title character, whose father Huarinka is the chief and veteran warrior of the uncharted tribe of Candámo.

* ''ComicBook/TexWiller'', Italian comic from Bonelli. Tex became chief of the Navajos after marrying the chief's daughter when she saved him from being killed.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'', the main heroine Raya has to use the Dragon Gem's power to [[DaddysGirl revive her beloved father Benja]], the chief of the Heart tribe who was turned into a statue by the Druun. There is also an anti-heroine, Namaari, who is the daughter of Chieftess Virana of the Fang tribe.

* In ''VideoGame/RedDeadRevolver'' Falling Star, Red's mother, is the local Chief's daughter.

* Tikal of ''VideoGame/SonicAdventure''.

* Sango from ''Manga/Inuyasha'' is a sole surviving YamatoNadeshiko, and the older sister of Kohaku, whose father the chieftain of the yōkai taijiya village was killed in massacre by Naraku's hand. She has been trained to be a demon slayer among her family.

* Violently deconstructed with Princess Nadkoko in ''ComicBook/LesLegendaires,'' who fits almost all elements of this trope... except the one who falls in love with her, Razorcat, is a disfigured, AxeCrazy [[TheBerserker Berserker]] serving as TheDragon to his KnightTemplar mother. Cue to a TearJerker when his mother betrays Nadkoko's tribe and orders Razorcat to kill her, leading to a dilemma with BerserkerTears.

* [[{{Reconstruction}} Reconstructed]] with Dhalua from ''Comicbook/TomStrong''. Tom was RaisedByNatives on an African island, and eventually marries the chief's daughter. The reconstruction comes in because Tom speaks the language and is part of the tribe, and because he and Dhalua grew up together. Also notable for averting ButNotTooBlack- Dhalua is dark-skinned African and looks so.
* In ''ComicStrip/Tumbleweeds, Little Pigeon is the daughter of the chief of the Poohawk Native Americans, who is a "flower among the weeds".

* ''WesternAnimation/PawPawBears'' has Princess Paw Paw who uses the power of the Mystic Moonstone to bring three large totems, the Bear, the Tortoise and the Eagle, to life and rides on her flying horse named Flying Cloud. Her father is Wise Paw, the chief of the tribe of Native American bear cubs.

* In the ''Lucky Luke'' story "La Corde au cou", the Dalton brothers are spared execution when their mother find women willing to take them to husbands - all of them are the daughters of the Chief of the Flat Heads, but to their dismay, only one of them, Averell's wife, fits the trope to the T (she's adopted).

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'' features Desert Flower, the daughter of the chief and chieftess of a tribe of Native American hound dogs and frankly the love interest of [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]].

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'' features Desert Flower, the daughter of the chief of a tribe of Native American hound dogs and frankly the love interest of [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]].

A quick Google search identifies the term "Indian Princess" has entered the pop-cultural consciousness, although [[RoyalMess this is inaccurate]]. Most tribal cultures did not have hereditary [[RoyalBlood royalty]] (their leaders are elected instead, like mayors and presidents). Nonetheless, [[GratuitousPrincess the Chief's daughter fills the same archetypal niche as a European princess]], so the phrase is occasionally used as a comparison.

Many of a story would have the Chief offer the hero his daughter's hand in marriage, but this is often unnecessary. Just like [[MightyWhiteyAndMellowYellow Asian women in fiction]], she'll be irresistably drawn to the (usually white) hero, to the point that other suitors within her tribe might as well not even bother. Sometimes this trope can be played for laughs by having the girl be ForbiddenFruit to the hero, so when it's found out that he's been getting a little too friendly with her, the rest of her tribe ('''[[UnstoppableRage especially]]''' [[OverprotectiveDad Daddy]]) will be less than pleased and [[ChasedByAngryNatives go for the spears]]. She'll often be a part of a LoveTriangle involving the MightyWhitey and TheNativeRival.

* Pictured above: Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Pocahontas}}'' plays this trope pretty straight except Pocahontas is the protagonist herself. Also the other Powhatan are actually not that much less attractive than her (just look at Nakoma) and they are portrayed as having identical mindsets, emotions and intelligences as the English (white) settlers.

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'', the main heroine Raya has to use the Dragon Gem's power to [[DaddysGirl revive her father Benja]], the chief of the Heart tribe who was turned into a statue by the Druun. There is also an anti-heroine, Namaari, who is the daughter of Chieftess Virana of the Fang tribe.

* In the direct-to-video sequel ''WesternAnimation/AnAmericanTail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island'', the daughter of the Chief of an underground tribe of Native American mice named Cholena comes with Fievel and his friends to the surface to see if Europeans have become more tolerant. Sadly, they have not.

* Nita, the priestess Tanana's daughter from ''[[WesternAnimation/BrotherBear Brother Bear 2]]''.

* ''WesternAnimation/TheGoodTheBadAndHuckleberryHound'' has Desert Flower, the daughter of the chief of a tribe of Native American hound dogs and frankly the love interest of [[WesternAnimation/TheHuckleberryHoundShow Huckleberry Hound]].
* The title character of Disney's ''WesternAnimation/{{Moana}}'' is the daughter of the chief - and [[InsistentTerminology NOT the princess]] - of her village, but the film subverts this trope in a few ways, not the least of which is having no love interest for Moana. [[SmugSuper Maui]] is frankly surprised that she doesn't just bow down to him, and later, [[spoiler:she realizes that his ego is a way to break down his arguments against helping, but plays it as he would be a hero to everyone, not her hero]].

* In Disney's ''WesternAnimation/RayaAndTheLastDragon'', the main heroine Raya has to use the Dragon Gem's power to revive her father Benja, the chief of the tribe of Heart Land who was turned into a statue by the Druun. There is also the anti-heroine, Namaari, who is the daughter of Chieftess Virana of Fang Land.