Sherrin Watkins

Enrolled in Cherokee Nation, Sherrin Watkins has practiced law in tribal courts, served on the Loyal Shawnee Business Committee, been a judge on the Sac and Fox Supreme Court, and worked for both Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Pawnee Nation. Her childrens' picture books include White Bead Ceremony about a Shawnee girl getting a Shawnee name, and Green Snake Ceremony, recipient of the Gamma State Author's Award for Ms. Watkins and recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award for illustrator Kim Doner.

Enrolled in Cherokee Nation, Sherrin Watkins has practiced law in tribal courts, served on the Loyal Shawnee Business Committee, been a judge on the Sac and Fox Supreme Court, and worked for both Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Pawnee Nation. Her childrens' picture books include White Bead Ceremony about a Shawnee girl getting a Shawnee name, and Green Snake Ceremony, recipient of the Gamma State Author's Award for Ms. Watkins and recipient of the Oklahoma Book Award for illustrator Kim Doner. See less