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2. Wilma Mankiller - Wikipedia

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   Wilma Pearl Mankiller was born on November 18, 1945, in the Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, to Clara Irene (née Sitton) and Charley Mankiller. [4] [5] Her father was a full-blooded Cherokee, [4] [6] whose ancestors had been forced to relocate to Indian Territory from Tennessee over the Trail of Tears in the 1830s.

3. List of Principal Chiefs of the Cherokee - Wikipedia

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   Wilma Mankiller (1985–1995) Joe Byrd (1995–1999) Chad "Corntassel" Smith ... The Ridge Family and the Decimation of a People. New York: Macmillan Company, 1970.

4. Here are 10 notable Oklahoma women you should know about ...

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   She moved to Tulsa in the 1950s where she and her family formed the Tulsa Civic Ballet and School, now called the Tulsa Ballet Theatre. ... Wilma Mankiller, born in Tahlequah in 1945, was the ...

5. Mankiller - Wikipedia

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   Mankiller, a family surname and traditional Cherokee military rank Wilma Mankiller , first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation Ostenaco (ca. 1703 – 1780), Cherokee mankiller often referred to by his rank

6. Wilma Mankiller, first female principal chief of Cherokee ...

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   Wilma Mankiller served in the top leadership role of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. Peter Turnley/Corbis Historical via Getty ImagesIf you fish in your pocket or purse for a U.S. quarter ...

7. Four Oklahomans are among the top 200 most influential U.S ...

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   Four Oklahoma women are among the top 200 influential U.S. women pioneers, including Kate Barnard, Maria Tallchief, Wilma Mankiller and Angie Debo.

8. Joe Byrd (Cherokee Nation Principal Chief) - Wikipedia

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   In 1995, after his main rival was disqualified, Joe Byrd was elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, succeeding Wilma Mankiller. Byrd's four-year term of office was marked by controversy and conflict. By late 1997, the conflict had escalated into a constitutional crisis for the Cherokee Nation. [3]

9. Ballerinas Maria, Marjorie Tallchief to be honored at Tulsa ...

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   The late Wilma Mankiller, the Cherokee Nation's first principal woman chief, had a quarter released in 2022. “Although her artistry, precision, and technical skill made her one of the most ...