- Launching the series was Wilma Mankiller (Cherokee), a nationally renowned Native leader, author, and community development specialist.
- Wilma Mankiller was motivated to become active in Cherokee tribal affairs due to several life events that she discusses in detail in this interview recorded in 2009.
- Wilma Mankiller was the first woman to become the leader of the Cherokee Nation. She held the position of Principal Chief for ten years, from 1985 to 1995.
- Wilma Pearl Mankiller was the first woman elected to the role of principal chief of any major Native tribe in modern history.
- Wilma Pearl Mankiller (1945-2010), was born in Okalhoma. ... President Bill Clinton awarded Mankiller the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1998.
- 2024, https://www.britannica.com/biography/Wilma-Pearl-Mankiller. Accessed 5 July 2024. ... Britannica, The Editors of Encyclopaedia. "Wilma Mankiller".
- I’ll admit, the quarter is a step, and I’m not trying to downplay the incredible role Wilma Mankiller has played in the U.S./Native American Relations.
- Wilma Mankiller was born in Tahlequah in 1945 and lived with her family on her grandfather’s allotment (land granted by the US government).
- 1990 yılında, Wilma Mankiller'in böbrek hastalığından ölen babasından miras kalan böbrek problemleri, kardeşinin kendisine bir böbrek bağışlamasına yol açtı.
- Statement by President Obama on the Passing of Wilma Mankiller: "I am deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Wilma Mankiller today.