More than 1,500 people stood in line outside the Cherokee Casino in Tahlequah on Monday to get the first quarters honoring the late Wilma Mankiller, the first woman Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation.
Wilma Mankiller demonstrated grit and determination. She fought for justice for Native Americans. She inspired us all to do more to help ourselves as a people. She made this world a better, fairer and more just place
standing-room-only crowd gathered in Tahlequah to celebrate the life and legacy of the Cherokee Nation’s first female principal chief, Wilma P. Mankiller, who is now immortalized on a U.S. quarter
The Cherokee Nation invited residents, educational leaders, artists, activists, and current and former tribal leaders, along with the family of Wilma Mankiller, to the unveiling of a new U.S. quarter