Fan Casting The Chief's Daughter in Sort by Tropes

A quick Google search identifies the term "Indian Princess" has entered the pop-cultural consciousness, although this is inaccurate. Most tribal cultures did not have hereditary royalty (their leaders are elected instead, like mayors and presidents. The few that are hereditary often are transferred not by the chief's line, but to his eldest sister's children as lineage is only tracked through the mother). Nonetheless, the Chief's daughter fills the same archetypal niche as a European princess, so the phrase is occasionally used as a comparison.