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Wilma Mankiller: How One Woman United the Cherokee Nation and Helped Change the Face of America

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Wilma Mankiller: How One Woman United the Cherokee Nation and Helped Change the Face of America - Herda, D. J.
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Wilma Pearl Mankiller's great-grandfather had survived the deadly forced westward march of Native Americans known as the "Trail of Tears." She rose to lead the Cherokee Nation more than 150 years later as principal chief, the first elected female chief of a Native nation in modern times. Throughout her reign from 1985-1995, cut short only by her own severe health challenges, she advocated for extensive community development, self-help, and education and healthcare programs that revitalized the Nation of 300,000 citizens. ...

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Wilma Mankiller: How One Woman United the Cherokee Nation and Helped Change the Face of America 2021, TwoDot Books, Guilford

ISBN-13: 9781493050611

Hardcover