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    Wilma Mankiller

    Chief of the Cherokee Nation

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  1. Apr 2, 2014 · Womens Rights Activists. Wilma Mankiller worked for several years as a leading advocate for the Cherokee people and became the first woman to serve as their principal chief in 1985. Updated:...

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  4. Nov 23, 2022 · Peter Turnley/Corbis Historical via Getty Images. If you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter today, there’s a chance you’ll see Wilma Mankillers face. She was the Cherokee...

  5. Apr 24, 2024 · Awards And Honors: Presidential Medal of Freedom (1998) National Women’s Hall of Fame (1993) Wilma Mankiller (born November 18, 1945, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S.—died April 6, 2010, Adair county, Oklahoma) was a Native American leader and activist, the first woman chief of a major tribe.

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  6. Mar 22, 2010 · n this Sept. 19, 1996 file photo, Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, gestures during a news conference, in Tulsa, Okla. Mankiller, who has been diagnosed with systemic lymphoma and has been undergoing treatment in Boston, returned to Oklahoma to update her condition.

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  8. Oct 10, 2021 · Peter Turnley/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images. Wilma Mankiller, the Cherokee Nation's first woman chief, led a life defying expectations. Her last name, for one — adopted by her ancestor that...

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