TY - BOOK AU - Mankiller,Wilma Pearl AU - Wallis,Michael TI - Mankiller: a chief and her people SN - 0312098685 : AV - E99.C5 M335 1993 U1 - 973/.04975/0092 20 PY - 1993/// CY - New York PB - St. Martin's Press KW - Mankiller, Wilma Pearl, KW - Cherokee women KW - Biography KW - Cherokee Indians KW - Cherokee (Indiens) KW - Biographies KW - Femmes cherokee KW - Chefs N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 275-281) and index; Roots -- Turmoil: Hard times -- Trail where they cried -- Child of the Sixties -- Indian Territory -- Balance: Revolution -- Searching for balance -- Full circle -- Homeward bound -- Dancing along the edge of the roof -- Chronology -- Bibliography and suggestions for further reading -- Index N2 - The story of the Cherokee Nation is told by Wilma Mankiller, who recounts her life and the racism she faced in her fight to lead it. Wilma Mankiller has been the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation since 1985. She tells her personal story (her political awakening came during the 1970 occupation of Alcatraz island), interwoven with the complex history of the Cherokee Nation UR - http://www.archive.org/details/mankillerchiefhe00mankrich UR - http://www.openlibrary.org/books/OL1416166M ER -