Summary of Wilma Mankiller & Michael Wallis's Mankiller

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Book Preview: #1 This book is the story of Wilma Mankiller, but it is also the story of the Cherokee people and their indomitable courage. The chapters weave together the story of one Cherokee woman with the history of all the people of the Cherokee Nation.

#2 Wilma Mankiller, the woman of the house, is barefoot and wearing a brightly colored dress. She sips a mug of coffee on the porch. The surrounding forests and hills conceal the animal life native to this eastern region of Oklahoma.

#3 The Cherokees were the first tribe to publish a newspaper in both English and their native Cherokee language. Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of a major Native American tribe, was elected in 1980.

#4 Mankiller, who was elected chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1987, loved her land and her family. But she also loved serving the thousands of people she serves.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Mar 16, 2022
• ISBN: 9781669363712

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#1

This book is the story of Wilma Mankiller, but it is also the story of the Cherokee people and their indomitable courage. The chapters weave together the story of one Cherokee woman with the history of all the people of the Cherokee Nation.

#2

Wilma Mankiller, the woman of the house, is barefoot and wearing a brightly colored dress. She sips a mug of coffee on the porch. The surrounding forests and hills conceal the animal life native to this eastern region of Oklahoma.

#3

The Cherokees were the first tribe to publish a newspaper in both English and their native Cherokee language. Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of a major Native American tribe, was elected in 1980.

#4

Mankiller, who was elected chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1987, loved her land and her family. But she also loved serving the thousands of people she serves.

#5

After the Trail of Tears, the Cherokee tribe was scattered and forced to live in small reservations. The years of good fortune and revival ended with tribal division over the Civil War. By 1907, the federal government had dismantled the tribal government and divided up the land in individual allotments.

#6

Mankiller was ten years old when her family was relocated to California as part of the federal government’s relocation program. She went on to become an activist, focusing on Native American issues. In 1979, she was seriously injured in a freak automobile accident, and she never allowed herself to become discouraged or to sink into despair.

#7

Mankiller was elected to be the principal chief of the Cherokee tribe in 1985. She has led the tribe to many successes, including the attraction of new businesses to eastern Oklahoma, the acquisition of more than $20 million in construction projects, and the establishment of a $8 million Job Corps training center.

#8

Wilma Mankiller was a major influence in many different circles of America. She was a strong leader who had helped the Cherokee Nation thrive, and she had a spiritual presence among all Americans.

#9

Mankiller has become a leader who can play easily to a variety of audiences. She is a female leader who has been as comfortably embraced by men as by women.

#10

My Cherokee name is Mankiller. It is an old Cherokee name that was originally not a name at all, but a rank or title used only after one had earned the right to it. My ancestors came from near Tellico, Tennessee, and were listed as Ah-nee-ska-yah-di-hi on record.

#11

The Cherokee Nation was destroyed in 1907, when Oklahoma became a state, and land was given out in individual allotments. My father, Charley Mankiller, was born in 1914.