Personal Life | Personal Life 2 | Achievements | Years in Office | Mixed |
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The Cherokee Nation
What tribe was she apart of?
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Dutch and Irish
What were Wilma’s other two ethnicities?
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Better health and education systems as well as more employment
What was her main focus for the Cherokee people?
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10 years
How many years did Wilma serve as principle chief?
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2010
What year did Wilma Mankiller pass away?
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11
How many siblings did she have?
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Her father
Who did she get her Cherokee heritage from?
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She tripled the enrollment from 55,000 to 156,000
How much did she increase the Cherokee Tribe?
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2 years
How many terms did Wilma serve as principle Chief for the Cherokee Nation?
How many terms did Wilma serve as principle Chief for the Cherokee Nation?
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65
How old was Wilma when she passed away?
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1945
What year was she born in?
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Skyline University and San Francisco State University in California
What colleges did Wilma attend to first and where?
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Increased health centers, job centers, and educational programs.
What did she bring into the Cherokee Nation?
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Wilma served from 1985-1995
What were the years that Wilma served?
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Pancreatic Cancer is why Wilma’s life was shortened
Why was Wilma’s life cut short?
Why was Wilma’s life cut short?
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Tahlequah , Oklahoma
What was her home town and state?
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Wilma went back to Oklahoma to and graduated Flaming Rainbow University with her bachelors in Social Sciences.
Where did she receive her bachelors in social sciences?
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Infant mortality rate decreased and educational achievement Increased.
What increased and what decreased while Wilma was in office?
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Due to illness
Why did Wilma decide not to run for office again?
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Wilma Mankiller first served as a director of community development
What position did Wilma Mankiller first serve as for the Cherokee Nation?
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Her family was moved from Oklahoma to San Francisco as a part of the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs’ program designed to relocate and “urbanize” Native Americans
Why was her family moved from there home land?
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She ran into more discrimination as a woman then as an Indian Prior to her collection young Cherokee girls never would have thought they could grow up to be chief.
What was Wilma's biggest struggle in the aspect of discrimination and what was her biggest joy to say for young girls?
(hint came from her quotes) |
Wilma brought in mentors for the young girls to help with career opportunities.
How did Wilma help the girls of the Sequoyah School in Oklahoma?
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Her participation in the reclaiming on the Alcatraz Island inspired her to become more active in her people’s lives.
What event made Wilma return to Oklahoma to become more active in the lives of the Cherokee Nation in 1970?
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Chief Ross Swimmer appointed her as deputy Chief.
Who made her rise up in rank and at what level?
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