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Born in Oklahoma, Mankiller was relocated withher family to San Francisco under the federalgovernment's program to assimilate Indians intowhite society. There she became an activist forIndian rights, and in 1969 joined a group of SanFranciscan Indian students who took over AlcatrazIsland to protest the treatment of NativeAmericans...
After studying at the University of Arizona,Mankiller took a job writing grant proposals forIndian projects. In 1983 she ran for assistantprincipal chief of the Cherokee Nation and a yearlater became principal chief...
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