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Mankiller : a chief and her people / Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis.
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- Author/Creator:
- Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010, author.
- Wallis, Michael, 1945- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010.
- Mankiller, Wilma.
- Cherokee women--Biography.
- Cherokee women.
- Cherokee Indians--Biography.
- Cherokee Indians.
- Kings and rulers.
- Cherokee Indians--Kings and rulers.
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma.
- Cherokee Indians--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Cherokee Nation, Oklahoma--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Mankiller, Wilma Pearl 1945-.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xxiv, 292 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : St. Martin's Press, 1993.
- 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.
- Contents:
- Asgaya-dihi
- Origins
- Mankiller Flats
- Genesis of removal
- Hard times
- The trail where they cried
- Child of the Sixties
- Indian Territory
- Revolution
- Searching for balance
- Full circle
- Homeward bound
- Dancing along the edge of the roof
- Chronology
- Bibliography and suggestions for further reading
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0312098685
- 9780312098681
- OCLC:
- 28418141
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