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Wilma Mankiller of Cherokee Nation Dies at 64

HeadlineApr 07, 2010

And the Native American leader Wilma Mankiller has died at the age of sixty-four. Mankiller was the first woman to head the Cherokee Nation, the second-largest tribe in the United States.

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