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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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Mankiller Doc@mankillerdoc
28 Nov 2022
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 theconversation.com/wilma-ma… #NativeTwitter
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The first woman Speaker of the Navajo Nation bearing witness to, potentially, the first female President.
Aliyah Chavez@AliyahJChavez
9 Aug 2024
Speaker of the Navajo Nation Council Crystalyne Curley is in attendance at Friday’s Harris/ Walz rally in Arizona. She tells me this the first campaign rally she’s ever attended in her life, saying she came out to witness what could be the first female president in the U.S.
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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

New Public Park will Honor Legacy of Chief Wilma Mankiller

Guest Opinion.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...

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“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
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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

1883 Star LaMonica Garrett Honored by National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum

C&I reader favorite LaMonica Garrett and Oscar-winner Morgan Freeman will be honored by National Multicultural Western Heritage Museum.

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14 Jul 2024
The late Wilma Mankiller was a leader who united her people, and believed she worked on their behalf. We need more leaders like her.
Mankiller Doc@mankillerdoc
14 Jul 2024
#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…
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Love this. Congratulations Lily and Kali! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 #NativeWomen #Emmys
JESSICA TRADES@CoachJessicaNFT
17 Jul 2024
Lily Gladstone (Under the Bridge) and Kali Reis (True Detective: Night Country) are the first Indigenous women to receive acting Emmy nominations #Emmys #EmmyNoms
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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…

The Inspiring Story Of Wilma Mankiller, The First Woman Elected Chief Of The Cherokee Nation

Wilma Mankiller became the first woman elected chief of the Cherokee Nation in 1987.

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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…
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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…

Tribes honor the birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone and reveal its name: Wakan Gli

Native American religious ceremonies with dancing, drumming, singing and the retelling of a sacred legend commemorated the recent birth of a rare white buffalo calf in Yellowstone National Park.

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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…

Missing Native American women an 'emergency' but progress limited, Oregon report finds • Oregon...

Five years after an Oregon law was passed on increasing the police response to missing Indigenous people, little progress has been made.

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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…
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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/

TRUE WHISPERS: The Story of the Navajo Code Talkers

True Whispers Documentary explores the stories of young Navajo men who were recruited into the Marines from harsh government boarding schools during World War II.

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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…

From Waters to Table: The story of the Great Lakes whitefish - Great Lakes Now

Some experts fear the total collapse of whitefish in just a few years. The Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Natural Resources Department is taking steps to ensure the future of this culturally...

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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

Columnist Russ Florence offers an incomplete list of Oklahoma-related books you must read

Guest columnist: Looking for good summer reading? Start with books about Oklahoma.

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#NativeAmerican flutist, Tommy Graven, wowed us when he recently picked up this traditional flute: youtube.com/watch?v=PLs1VY9U… #NativeMusic #IndigenousCulture
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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

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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…

How the Inflation Reduction Act could change the future of one Native American reservation

Bob Blake, member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa and owner of a solar development company, explains how the IRA could lead to more solar power on the reservation.

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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…

Cherokee Nation breaks ground on Tahlequah park named in honor of late Principal Chief Wilma...

Cherokee Nation on Friday celebrated the groundbreaking of a new $10 million, nearly 15-acre park in Tahlequah named in honor of the late Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller.

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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…

American Indian College Fund Partners with Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies to Enhance Native...

The American Indian College Fund 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 Native...

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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
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