In 1985, Wilma Mankiller paved the way for female leadership ... communities to support and govern themselves. Buy the cover art→ In 1977, she moved back to Oklahoma with her children and ...

Wilma Mankiller, a former principal chief of the ... Rights Commission at a reception in the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. Surrounded by friends, family and fellow Cherokee members, Mankiller ...

Dec 5, 2023 Dec 5, 2023 Updated Mar 10, 2024 0 To celebrate the release of the Wilma Mankiller Barbie, the Cherokee Nation community and former principal chief’s family gathered for an event Tue ...

(CNN)-- Flags flew at half-staff outside the Cherokee Nation's headquarters in Talequah, Oklahoma, on Tuesday in honor of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to lead the Native American tribe.

“I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.” – Wilma Mankiller. The first female leader of the Cherokee Nation was born Wilma Pearl Mankiller on Nov ...

Wilma Mankiller muses that perhaps her last name ... Modern Nation Relations" at the Portland Art Museum's Whitsell Auditorium (1219 SW Park Ave.) at 6:30 pm Tuesday, Nov. 29.

A strong Cherokee woman with a heart for her home and her people, Wilma Mankiller, who died April 6 at 64, shrugged off the perceived novelty of her gender when she became the first female ...