Audio Recording of President Clinton's Remarks to Native American and Native Alaskan Tribal Leaders
Related Entities
There are 1 Entities related to this resource.
Mankiller, Wilma Pearl, 1945-2010
http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t74wj4 (person)
Wilma Pearl Mankiller was born November 18, 1945, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and became the first woman chief of a Native American tribe in modern history. She served as Deputy and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and throughout her career spoke out for the rights of Native Americans. An ardent activist and feminist, Mankiller was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame (1986), the International Women's Forum Hall of Fame (1992), the National Women's Hall of Fame (1993), and has rece...
