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Wilma's Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller (A Big Words Book, 10) by Doreen Rappaport; Linda Kukuk is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is Wilma's Way Home: The Life of Wilma Mankiller (A Big Words Book, 10) about?

This Big Words book from an award-winning author tells the courageous life story of Wilma Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. As a child in Oklahoma, Wilma Mankiller experienced the Cherokee practice of Gadugi, helping each other, even when times were hard for everyone. But in 1956, the federal government uprooted her family and moved them to California, wrenching them from their home, friends, and traditions. Separated from her community and everything she knew, Wilma felt utterly lost until she found refuge in the Indian Center in San Francisco. There, she worked to build and develop the local Native community and championed Native political activists. She took her two children to visit tribal communities in the state, and as she introduced them to the traditions of their heritage, she felt a longing for home. Returning to Oklahoma with her daughters, Wilma took part in Cherokee government. Despite many obstacles, from resistance to female leadership to a life-threatening accident, Wilma's courageous dedication to serving her people led to her election as the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation. As leader and advocate, she reinvigorated her constituenc

Author

Doreen Rappaport; Linda Kukuk

Publisher

Disney-Hyperion; Little, Brown Books for Young Readers

Published

2019

Language

EN

ISBN

9781484747186

Subjects

History, Humanities