Piestewa Parkway is  named after a Hopi woman belonging to the Hopi tribe.
Arizona State Route 51 (SR51), also known as the Piestewa Freeway, is a numbered state highway in Phoenix, Arizona. 
 The peak was named after Lori Piestewa, the first Native American woman to die in combat in the U.S. Military. 
 A member of the Hopi tribe, Piestewa was the first Native American woman in history to die in combat while serving in the U.S. military and the first woman in the U.S. military killed in the Iraq War. 
 It is located in the Piestewa Peak Recreation Area within the Phoenix Mountain Preserve, near Piestewa Parkway (Arizona State Highway 51). 
