Interview with Wilma Mankiller, Chief, Cherokee Nation, 1986 Mar. 20

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Interview with Wilma Mankiller, Chief, Cherokee Nation, 1986 Mar. 20

1986

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Transcript of oral history interview with Wilma Mankiller, Chief, Cherokee Nation. Subjects include Mankiller's family, her growing up in Adair County, Oklahoma, relocation to California, marriage and divorce, return to Oklahoma, and her illness (muscular dystrophy).

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Oklahoma State University Library, Edmon Low Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7375198

Oklahoma State University Library, Edmon Low Library

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