Mankiller

Mankiller
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Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
Total Pages : 251
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ISBN-10 : 9781250244086
ISBN-13 : 1250244080
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Book Synopsis Mankiller by : Wilma Mankiller

Download or read book Mankiller written by Wilma Mankiller and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this spiritual, moving autobiography, Wilma Mankiller, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, tells of her own history while also honoring and recounting the history of the Cherokees. Mankiller's life unfolds against the backdrop of the dawning of the American Indian civil rights struggle, and her book becomes a quest to reclaim and preserve the great Native American values that form the foundation of our nation. Now featuring a new Afterword to the 2000 paperback reissue, this edition of Mankiller completely updates the author's private and public life after 1994 and explores the recent political struggles of the Cherokee Nation.


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