In 1992, Wilma Mankiller ... office. “Mankiller” is an old Cherokee word for “keeper of the village” – an apt description for a woman who devoted much of her adult life to the tribe.

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation is celebrating the four-year anniversary of the Wilma P. Mankiller and Charlie Soap Water Act which has brought $23.8 million worth of investments to ...