Amache Prowers

Amache Ochinee Prowers
Amache Prowers, Cheyenne mediator, wife of John Wesley Prowers, late 19th century
Born
Amache Ochinee (Walking Woman)

c. 1846
Southeastern Colorado plains
Died1905
CitizenshipNative American
OccupationsMediator, cattle-rancher, business woman
SpouseJohn Wesley Prowers
FatherCheyenne Peace Chief Ochinee

Amache Ochinee Prowers, also known as Walking Woman (c. 1846–1905), was a Native American activist, advocate, cattle rancher, and operator of a store on the Santa Fe Trail. Her father was a Cheyenne peace chief who was killed during the Sand Creek massacre on November 29, 1864, after which she became a mediator between Colorado territorial settlers, Mexicans, and Native Americans during the 1860s and 1870s. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2018.