Watch now! A documentary celebrating the life of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman to be elected Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
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Julie Reed, member of the #CherokeeNation and Professor w/ @PSUHistory, wrote an impassioned piece about #WilmaMankiller for @ConversationUS. Read it below and don't forget to watch our documentary MANKILLER, here: apple.co/3nlYKIK
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The first woman Speaker of the Navajo Nation bearing witness to, potentially, the first female President.
What a lovely piece by @ChuckHoskin_Jr on the heels of breaking ground on the Wilma P. Mankiller Capitol Park, which is tentatively scheduled to be completed in the fall of 2025: nativenewsonline.net/opinion… #WilmaMankiller #CherokeeNation
“Cherokee culture is one of our most valuable treasures, but we don’t protect it by building barriers or hiding it away. Cherokee culture is best protected when it’s celebrated and shared.” -@ChuckHoskin_Jr
Fort Worth’s @nmwhmuseum’s has announced their next class of Hall of Fame inductees! Congratulations to all, including a posthumous honor for #WilmaMankiller. @CI_Magazine has a full list: cowboysindians.com/2024/07/1… #nmwhHallofFame
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The late Wilma Mankiller was a leader who united her people, and believed she worked on their behalf. We need more leaders like her.
#WilmaMankiller overcame many obstacles to become the Principal Chief of the @CherokeeNation, and improved the lives of countless #NativeAmericans. A great article about her incredible life: allthatsinteresting.com/wilm…
And to watch MANKILLER, head to @gumroad: valhallaent.gumroad.com/l/Xn…
Love this. Congratulations Lily and Kali! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
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#WilmaMankiller overcame many obstacles to become the Principal Chief of the @CherokeeNation, and improved the lives of countless #NativeAmericans. A great article about her incredible life: allthatsinteresting.com/wilm…
And to watch MANKILLER, head to @gumroad: valhallaent.gumroad.com/l/Xn…
Choctaw/Chickasaw artist #NormaHoward was posthumously inducted into the #NativeAmerican Artists Hall of Fame at the Semple Family Museum of Native American Art in Oklahoma. Her paintings were highly sought after and collected by art lovers nationwide. choctawnation.com/biskinik/n…
Last week, in a gathering near #Yellowstone National Park, hundreds of people cheered as a #NativeAmerican leader spoke the name of a rare white buffalo that was born in the park earlier this month: Wakan Gli, which means “Return Sacred” in #Lakota: apnews.com/article/white-buf…
A first-of-its-kind bill in #Oregon would declare missing #NativeAmerican women a statewide emergency, launch an investigation and produce a report to decipher the underpinnings of the problem. However progress is moving at a glacial pace. Here's why: oregoncapitalchronicle.com/2…
Erica Tremblay's new film, #FancyDance, is not only a film that celebrates #Nativeculture, but is a story about #Nativewomen with multi-dimensional identities who face harsh realities in spaces that are virtually invisible. It's available on @AppleTV+ spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west…
The #NavajoTribe is one example of tribes that use #IndependenceDay as an occasion to honor their tribal veterans. You can also learn more about this very subject in the documentary “TRUE WHISPERS: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers.” Where to watch: truewhispers.net/
From @greatlakesnow, learn about the Great Lakes Whitefish, a staple in #Native communities around the #GreatLakes for generations. The #Anishinaabe cherish this fish as a symbol since creation. greatlakesnow.org/2024/06/fr…
Russ Florence, a columnist for @TheOklahoman_, offers a list of some Oklahoma-related books you must read that includes “Mankiller: A Chief and Her People,” the important story of not only the Chief, but the #Cherokee people. oklahoman.com/story/opinion/… #WilmaMankiller
#NativeAmerican flutist, Tommy Graven, wowed us when he recently picked up this traditional flute: youtube.com/watch?v=PLs1VY9U… #NativeMusic #IndigenousCulture
Celebrate the new Tahlequah park named for #WilmaMankiller and learn more about this incredible woman -- watch the documentary #MANKILLER. Visit mankillerdoc.com to find out how. #NativeNews #CherokeeNation
The #InflationReductionAct includes more than $720M for #Tribalnations and native communities, as well as makes expanded clean energy tax credits available to tribes for the first time. @kairyssdal and Andie Corban discuss on their podcast: marketplace.org/2024/06/24/h…
On Friday, the #CherokeeNation celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $10 million, nearly 15-acre park in Tahlequah named in honor of the late Principal Chief #WilmaMankiller: tahlequahdailypress.com/news…
The American Indian College Fund (@native_scholars) received a three-year grant from Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies for a project that will help to build a solid foundation to encourage the advancement of #NativeArts: nativenewsonline.net/educati…
The @HHSGov issued new reports showing historic gains in health care coverage among minority communities such as Black, Latino, Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander, and #AmericanIndian and #AlaskanNative populations: hhs.gov/about/news/2024/06/0… #NativeNews