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TAHLEQUAH â Ask anyone anywhere in the U.S. if they can name a Cherokee woman and Wilma Mankiller would probably get the most mentions. During her 1985-95 tenure as the Cherokee Nationâs first and only â to date â woman principal chief, she became a nationally recognized public figure. She was also an activist for Native rights and an author. âIâve run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian,â Mankiller once said. Throughout her life, Mankiller chipped away at some of that undeserved stigma â toward women and Natives. She also said: âA lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said theyâd like to be chief. Thereâs been a change in the limits people see.â ....
September 8, 1938 â January 1, 2021 Michael Gray âMick Tolar of Hermiston, longtime principal of A.C. Houghton Elementary School in Irrigon, Oregon, died on January 1, 2021, in Kennewick, Washington, at the age of 82 years. Mick was born in Echo, Oregon, on September 8, 1938, to Empie Ray and Bennie Lee Middleton Tolar. He considered himself fortunate to have grown up in such a loving family and in such a wonderful small town. He was quite involved in athletics as a young man. He played on Echoâs undefeated 1953 state championship basketball team and the 1955 state championship baseball team. He was captain of the 1956 basketball team, which finished second in state. ....