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Apr 2, 2014 · Who Was Wilma Mankiller? In 1985, Wilma Mankiller became the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. She sought to improve the nation’s health care, education system and...
Jun 6, 2022 · Activist, leader, and writer Wilma Mankiller was the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She revolutionized the Cherokee healthcare system and created long-lasting community-oriented policies.
Nov 14, 2017 · November 14, 2017. An American Hero. Wilma Mankiller humbly defied the odds and overcame insurmountable obstacles to fight injustice and give voice to the voiceless. She overcame rampant sexism and personal challenges to emerge as the Cherokee Nation’s first woman Principal Chief in 1985.
Apr 7, 2010 · Wilma Mankiller, who as the first woman to be elected chief of a major American Indian tribe revitalized the Cherokee Nation’s tribal government and improved its education, health and housing,...
MANKILLER is the powerful story of Wilma Mankiller, who found her voice in San Francisco’s civil rights movement and returned to lead the Cherokee Nation as the first woman to be elected Principal Chief.
Notable Indigenous Women. Contact. Wilma Mankiller is honored and recognized as the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She spent her remarkable life fighting for the rights of Native communities across America.
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was born on November 18, 1945, at the W. W. Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation. Her father was Cherokee, and her mother was a white woman. Wilma had five older and five younger siblings.
