soldier, and Nonhelema was detained at Fort Pitt. While there, she helped compile a dictionary of Shawnee words. She was later released, but died in December 1786. Fictional depictions Nonhelema is the subject of Warrior Woman, a 2003 novel authored by James Alexander Thom and Dark Rain Thom. She is portrayed by Karina Lombard in the November 2016 episode "Stranded" of the NBC TV series Timeless. References 18th-century women rulers Female Native American leaders Native Americans in the American Revolution Native American people of the Indian Wars Native American women in warfare 18th-century Shawnee people Women in the American Revolution 1720s births 1786 deaths Year of birth uncertain 18th-century Native American women Native American people from Pennsylvania