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Washungah died in 1908. Not until 1922 did the Kaws would have another tribal leader. Eads was elected in November 1922, becoming the first woman to become chief of the Kaw Nation. She was voted in by eight council members. Eads went by the name Chief Lucy during her tenure as chief. She tried
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