Mankiller : a chief and her people / Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis
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Object Details
- Author
- Mankiller, Wilma Pearl 1945-2010-
- Wallis, Michael 1945-
- Subject
- Mankiller, Wilma Pearl 1945-2010-
- Contents
- Roots -- Turmoil: Hard times -- Trail where they cried -- Child of the Sixties -- Indian Territory -- Balance: Revolution -- Searching for balance -- Full circle -- Homeward bound -- Dancing along the edge of the roof -- Chronology -- Bibliography and suggestions for further reading -- Index
- Summary
- The story of the Cherokee Nation is told by Wilma Mankiller, who recounts her life and the racism she faced in her fight to lead it. Wilma Mankiller has been the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation since 1985. She tells her personal story (her political awakening came during the 1970 occupation of Alcatraz island), interwoven with the complex history of the Cherokee Nation.
- 1993
- Type
- Biography
- Physical description
- xxiv, 292 p. : ill. ; 24 cm
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Topic
- Cherokee women
- Record ID
- siris_sil_817359
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0