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  • Former Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller dies

    04/06/2010 9:57:12 AM PDT · by EveningStar · 56 replies · 1,675+ views
    Tulsa World ^ | April 6, 2010 | Staff Reports
    Wilma Mankiller, the once dirt-poor Oklahoma farm girl who grew up to become an American Indian and women’s rights activist, author and the first woman to hold the Cherokee Nation’s highest office, died Tuesday. She was 64.