Word: tribal
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American Indian women are more than "beautiful Mazola maidens in buckskin," and are slowly but surely returning to positions of leadership in tribal government, the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation told students yesterday...
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 she hopes to sponsor a conference on the changing role of Indian women, with an emphasis on increasing their power in tribal administration...
...within the next 30 years a real resurgence of the tribal government," said Wilma Mankiller, who in 1984 was elected the first woman chief of the 71,000 member tribe. She was honored yesterday by the Harvard Foundation for her "distinguished contribution to American leadership and Native American culture...
...woman crouches to feed nuts to two squirrels, one of the furry creatures says to his companion, "I can't stand it . . . They're so cute when they sit like that." Larson's humans fare no better when . dealing with their own kind. As two scholarly explorers approach a tribal hut, the occupants race around hiding the TV set and telephone and yelling, "Anthropologists! Anthropologists!" The Far Side is not for those who think Dagwood and Blondie stretch the limits of wackiness. Two pilots sit atop a large naked infant on a runway. Says one flyer to the control tower...