Primary Sources: People - Native Americans - American Indians - Indigenous Americans: Mankiller, Wilma

From the Voices of Oklahoma oral history collection.

Wilma Mankiller was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. She served as principal chief for ten years from 1985 to 1995. She is the author of a national-bestselling autobiography, Mankiller: A Chief and Her People and co-authored Every Day Is a Good Day: Reflections by Contemporary Indigenous Women.

Speech given by Mankiller at Sweet Briar College.

"This collection consists of official and personal correspondence, subject files, and business records."