Toy maker Mattel is honoring the late, legendary Cherokee leader Wilma Mankiller with a Barbie doll as part of its “Inspiring Women” series. But not all Cherokee Nation citizens are embracing the idea of honoring Ms. Mankiller with a doll.
Wilma Mankiller has many accomplishments to her name — the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a US quarter in her likeness, to
The Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller Foundation, and the family of Wilma Mankiller celebrated the Wilma Mankiller Inspiring Women Series Barbie toy.The celebrat
Wilma Mankiller was the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and the first woman elected as chief of a Native tribe, and Dec. 5 she was honored at
Wilma Mankiller was the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation and the first woman elected as chief of a Native tribe, and Dec. 5 she was honored at