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Wilma Mankiller takes office as the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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Wilma Mankiller
Cherokee Nation chief and activist (1945–2010)
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was a Native American activist, social worker, community developer and the first woman elected to serve as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. Born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, she lived on her family's allotment in Adair County, Oklahoma, until the age of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Cherokee Nation
Native American tribe in Oklahoma, United States
The Cherokee Nation is the largest of three federally recognized tribes of Cherokees in the United States. It includes people descended from members of the Old Cherokee Nation who relocated, due to increasing pressure, from the Southeast to Indian Territory and Cherokees who…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)