"I have two granddaughters myself, and the thought of watching them play with their great-grandmother’s Barbie just touches my heart," the former chief s daughter Felicia Olaya said.
Even as they celebrate the tribute to pioneering Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller, some Cherokee people acknowledge having complicated feelings around the Barbie doll.
Cherokee language on the packaging of the Wilma Mankiller doll said “Chicken Nation” instead of “Cherokee Nation.” Critics said Mattel made other errors.