Chief Mankiller Takes Flight to Spirit World

Tuesday, April 6, 2010 Chief Mankiller Takes Flight to Spirit World >>>> TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – Former Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller died in the morning hours of April 6 at her home in rural Adair County, Cherokee Nation officials confirmed to the Cherokee Phoenix. >>>> Mankiller, who was one of the few women ever to lead a major American Indian tribe, was 64. >>>> Her passing came a little more than a month after her husband, CN Community Services Group Leader Charlie Soap, announced that she was diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer. >>>> Mankiller served as principal chief from 1985 until retiring in 1995. Prior to becoming principal chief, she served as deputy chief under Ross Swimmer. She assumed the principal chief position and served out the remainder of the 1983-87 term after Swimmer resigned to take a Bureau of Indian Affairs job in Washington, D.C. She was elected principal chief in 1987 and 1991. Mankiller was born on Nov. 18, 1945, at W.W. Hastings Indian Hospital in Tahlequah >>>> R.I.P ~ 1945 - 2010 ... Tuckahoe1 ... 7-3-10 ...

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