Natawista Iksina

Natawista Iksina, also spelled Natawista Iksana, Natoyist-Siksina', or Natúyi-tsíxina, was a Kainah interpreter and diplomat. Her father, Two Suns, was a Kainah leader. Her name was alternatively translated "Medicine Snake Woman" or "Holy Snake."
She was married to Alexander Culbertson, chief trader of Fort [Union Trading Post National Historic Site|Fort Union]. Natawista and Culbertson were first married in Fort Union in 1840, when Natawista was 15 years old and Culbertson was 30 years old. They later participated in a Roman Catholic marriage ceremony in 1858 in Peoria, Illinois. The couple had five children.