Pauline Small (November 30, 1924 – March 9, 2005) was the first woman to be elected to office in the Crow Tribe of Montana.

Pauline White Man Runs Him was born on the Crow Indian Reservation in Lodge Grass, Montana.

[1] She married Ivan James Small, Sr., a member of the Northern Cheyenne Tribe of Indians.

Eventually they moved to the family allotment of Packs The Hat in the Rotten Grass area.

Deeply interested in education, she was a member of the Lodge Grass Board of Trustees, serving as Chair for eight years; Crow Tribal Education Committee; and the 107th Committee of the Crow Tribal Council.