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...Sure. By the way, have you read the new commentary on Feldstein-Garcia v. Oklahoma...
Wilma Mankiller, who has led the 72,000-member Oklahoma tribe since December of 1984, told an audience of 65 in Boylston Hall that stereotypes in books and movies ignore the fact that many tribes were once controlled by women, who often wielded real power although they lacked honorary titles...
Mankiller said she also proved herself to the leaders of Oklahoma's five-nation tribal confederation, who at first refused to speak to her--"maybe they thought I was there to get them coffee." She became president of the coalition in 1985. "They may not love me, but at least they respect me," she said...
Mankiller said that she has been trying to revitalize the Cherokee Nation in impoverished rural Oklahoma through community development projects aimed at renewing her people's pride in themselves and their work...
...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...