| Indigenous Leader | Innate Traits | Cognate Traits |
| Chief Joseph | Honest, people centered, spiritual, sense of timing, proactive, intelligent, creative | Broad social knowledge, used councils, renowned communicator, negotiator |
| Tecumseh | Honest, devoted to the people, highly intelligent, intuitive, creative strategist, spiritually cognizant, diplomatic, visionary | Broad social understanding, used councils and created them, historian, renowned communicator, negotiator |
| Spotted Tail | Courageous, charitable, diplomatic. Good example, fortitude, wisdom; spiritual, creative, bold. | Adept negotiator, great communicator, persuasive, and used councils, engaged in political intrigue and manipulated others |
| Quanah Parker | Courageous, man of his people, fair, wise, intelligent, spiritually adept, and creative, understood time, diplomatic | Great communicator in two languages, persuasive, and held council with an array of people |