Indian Women as Cultural Deviators

To many Europeans Indian woman settlers were very important tools in order to meet the land, recognize it and help these European settlers settle in the new lands. Before reading this article I never really noticed this, I never came to realize the women settlers had very much to do with the new come of European settlers. We stereotype Indian women as being a kept in households taking care of children cooking, doing farm work as well as dressed in the famous Indian feather clothes yet we never realize that these Indian Women were the first important mediators between two cultures. Was this a betrayal to their culture? To their customs? It is a difficult answer yet to me these women were humble, curious and respectful toward other cultures that they did not mind opening to newcomers.
Men have always been considered to be the dominant gender, and they themselves the European settlers did not let the women have a voice, yet these Indian women were so powerful with in their own culture. Dona Marina, Pocahontas, Sacagawea, and Nancy ward were very powerful woman that helped European settlers learn about their lands and culture. They learned about other cultures were rejected by their culture and became a part of a new culture, in which they are being called "cultural deviators." These women to me played an important role, they were able to understand and meet a new culture, yet their actions did lead to the loss of Indian land. Was it their kindness that tricked them to that? Could it have been any different without these strong females?