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Wilma Mankiller: A Life in American History

Wilma Mankiller: A Life in American History

Swafford Bliss, Tamrala

Hardcover

Series: Women Making History

Biographies GeneralNative American History

ISBN10: 1440873860
ISBN13: 9781440873867
Publisher: ABC-CLIO
Published: Feb 14 2023
Pages: 216
Weight: 1.17
Height: 0.73 Width: 9.54 Depth: 6.35
Language: English

An excellent resource for students of Native American women's history, Wilma Mankiller provides an overview of contemporary federal Indian policy and explores how Mankiller negotiated the relationship between the Cherokee Nation and the United States in the late 20th century.

Incorporating aspects of federal Indian policy and Cherokee History, chapters explore Mankiller's involvement at the Indian Center, her interactions with other Indian activists, and her participation in the occupation of Alcatraz Island in 1969 and the Pit River tribes struggle in the early 1970s. Also covered is Cherokee history from the 1830s concerning the Trail of Tears and its impact on Cherokee identity.

Chronological organization allows readers to discover Mankiller's growth and development from a student activist in San Francisco to a Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in rural northeastern Oklahoma. The book explores the themes of land, education, community, identity, treaty rights and sovereignty, and traditional tribal knowledge.

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