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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 .
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 Mankiller is honored and recognized as the first female Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She is also the first woman elected as chief of a major Native tribe. She spent her remarkable life fighting for the rights of American Indians. Born on November 18, 1945, in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, the capital of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma was ...
2 de abr. de 2014 · In 1963, at age 17, Mankiller married Hector Hugo Olaya de Bardi. The couple would later have two daughters: Felicia Olaya, born in 1964, and Gina Olaya, born in 1966. In the 1960s,...
24 de abr. de 2024 · Presidential Medal of Freedom (1998) National Women’s Hall of Fame (1993) 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.
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Wilma Mankiller. 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. Nacida en Tahlequah, Oklahoma, vivió en Oklahoma hasta los 11 años, momento en que su familia se trasladó a San Francisco dentro del programa ...
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.
