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In March 2010, her husband announced that Mankiller was terminally ill with pancreatic cancer. Mankiller died on April 6, 2010, from cancer at her home in rural Adair County, Oklahoma .
While recruiting volunteers, she met and married Cherokee citizen Charlie Soap. Mankiller was elected to serve as the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1985. She led for 10 years, guiding a sovereign nation whose population more than doubled, from 68,000 to 170,000, during her tenure.
28 de ene. de 2014 · The docudrama, directed by Wilma’s husband and longtime community development partner, Charlie Soap, follows a young Mankiller as she works to bring water to the rural, primarily Cherokee community of Bell, Ok.
Wilma Perla Mankiller (18 de noviembre de 1945 - 6 de abril de 2010) fue una activista cheroqui, trabajadora social, promotora de la comunidad y la primera jefa de la Nación Cheroqui.
24 de abr. de 2024 · Wilma Mankiller (born November 18, 1945, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, U.S.—died April 6, 2010, Adair county, Oklahoma) was a Native American leader and activist, the first woman chief of a major tribe. Mankiller was of Cherokee, Dutch, and Irish descent; the name Mankiller derives from the high military rank achieved by a Cherokee ancestor.
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Wilma Mankiller was a woman who grew up in tremendous poverty. Her husband wanted her to be a stay-at-home wife and mother, but she had a dream to go back to the Cherokee Nation with her two daughters.
7 de abr. de 2010 · In 1963, she married Hugo Olaya, an Ecuadorean businessman, and later became the mother of two daughters, Gina and Felicia. Her life changed, she said, when a group of young Indian...
