She-wolf represents mastery and power to the cub, but when Gray Beaver calls her by her name...

Kiche is seen as all powerful.... the visions of authority to White Fang, and yet, she becomes completely submissive to Grey Beaver.... her master.

“Kiche!” the man cried again, this time with sharpness and authority.
And then the cub saw his mother, the she-wolf, the fearless one, crouching down till her belly touched the ground, whimpering, wagging her tail, making peace signs. The cub could not understand. He was appalled. The awe of man rushed over him again. His instinct had been true. His mother verified it. She, too, rendered submission to the man-animals.