[DOC] [TLE] Wilma Mankiller - Women's Rights Activist - Biography.com [PAR] Apr 2, 2014 ... Wilma Mankiller was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on November 18, 1945. Four decades later, in 1985, Mankiller became the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Mankiller - Wikipedia [PAR] Wilma Pearl Mankiller (November 18, 1945  April 6, 2010) was the first female 
chief of the Cherokee Nation. A liberal member of the Democratic Party, she 
served as principal chief for ten years from 1985 to 1995. She is the author of a 
national-bestselling autobiography, Mankiller: A Chief ... Wilma Pearl Mankiller 
was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the sixth of eleven... [DOC] [TLE] Mankiller, Wilma Pearl | Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and ... [PAR] In July 1987 Wilma Pearl Mankiller became the first woman elected as chief of 
the Cherokee, the second-largest Indian nation in the United States. Born on 
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became principal chief in December 1985 when Chief Ross Swimmer resigned 
to... [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Mankiller facts, information, pictures | Encyclopedia.com ... [PAR] Wilma Mankiller (born 1945) became active in Native American causes in San 
Francisco in the late 1960s ... Wilma Pearl Mankiller is both the first woman 
Deputy Chief and first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation of 
Oklahoma. .... Waldman, Carl, Atlas of the North American Indian, New York, 
Facts on File, 1985. [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Mankiller: A Timeline | News OK [PAR] Apr 6, 2010 ... 18, 1945 Born at Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah, the sixth of 11 children 
of ... 1983 Elected first female deputy chief of the Cherokee Nation, and .... In 
1985 Wilma Mankiller became Chief of the Cherokee Nation after... [DOC] [TLE] Notable Native Americans: Wilma Mankiller - American Indian ... [PAR] Wilma Mankiller became the first woman elected as the principal chief of the 
Cherokee nation. She was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the sixth of eleven 
children. ... She started working for the Cherokee nation while attending college. 
... of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 1985, Mankiller succeeded him as principal 
chief. [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Pearl Mankiller | Native American leader | Britannica.com [PAR] Native American leader and activist, the first woman chief of a major tribe. ... 
Wilma Pearl Mankiller. Native American leader. born. November 18, 1945 ... She 
moved back to Oklahoma to reclaim Mankiller Flats in the mid-1970s and in 1977 
... and, when the principal chief became head of the Bureau of Indian Affairs in 
1985,... [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Mankiller Biography - life, family, children, history, wife ... [PAR] Wilma Mankiller was the first woman elected principal chief of the Cherokee 
Nation. ... was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, 
on ... "When Alcatraz occurred, I became aware of what needed to be done to let 
the ... On December 5, 1985, Swimmer was nominated to head the Bureau of 
Indian... [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Mankiller, former Cherokee Chief, is Dead at 64 - The New ... [PAR] Apr 6, 2010 ... Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Chief and First Woman to Lead Major Tribe, Is Dead 
at 64 ... American Indian tribe revitalized the Cherokee Nation's tribal government 
and ... Ms. Mankiller was the Cherokee chief from 1985 to 1995, and during ... 
area around the tribal capital of Tahlequah, in eastern Oklahoma,... [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Mankiller - Women on 20s [PAR] Wilma Mankiller, whose great-grandfather survived the deadly forced march of ... 
later as principal chief  the first elected female chief of a Native nation in modern 
times. Throughout her reign from 1985-1995, cut short only by her own severe 
health ... was born in 1945 and raised on tribal lands in Tahlequah, Oklahoma in 
a... [DOC] [TLE] Wilma Pearl Mankiller | Native American leader | Britannica.com [PAR] Native American leader and activist, the first woman chief of a major tribe. ... 
Wilma Pearl Mankiller, (born Nov. ... She

Question: In 1985 Oklahoma-born Wilma Mankiller became the first woman chief of this Indian nation
Answer: Cherokee