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And will her community relearn the teachings and overcome prejudice to celebrate her for who she is

Deloria (Dakota)

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Mankiller: A Chief and Her People climate he explores how Native experiencesIn this spiritual, moving autobiography, Wilma Mankiller, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, tells of her own history while also honoring and recounting the history of the Cherokees. Mankiller's life unfolds against the backdrop of the dawning of the American Indian civil rights struggle, and her book becomes a quest to reclaim and preserve the great Native American values that form the foundation