Wilma Mankiller
Tribal chief, Politician
1945 – 2010
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Who was Wilma Mankiller?
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. She served as principal chief for ten years from 1985 to 1995. She is the author of a national-bestselling autobiography, Mankiller: A Chief and Her People and co-authored Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women.
Mankiller's administration founded the Cherokee Nation Community Development Department and saw a population increase of Cherokee Nation citizens from 55,000 to 156,000.
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- Born
- Nov 18, 1945
Tahlequah - Also known as
- Wilma Pearl Mankiller
- Parents
- Spouses
- Hector Hugo
(1963/11/13 - 1977) - Charlie Soap
(1986/10 - 2010/04/06)
- Hector Hugo
- Children
- Ethnicity
- Cherokee
- Irish American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Skyline College
- San Francisco State University
- University of Arkansas
- Died
- Apr 6, 2010
Adair County
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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