Wilma Mankiller
Minneapolis : Carolrhoda Books, [1996]
Format: Book
Description: 56 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Eleven-year-old Wilma Mankiller knew her parents had made a big mistake.They had moved the family from rural Oklahoma to a strange, new city.One day, Wilma knew, she would return to the Oklahoma hills and live near other Cherokee families again.But until then, she searched deep down for strength.Author Linda Lowery tells how Wilma found strength in her Cherokee heritage.She also shows how a young girl grew up to become Chief Mankiller, leader of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995.Illustrations by Janice Lee Porter help bring this moving story to life.
Subjects:
Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010 -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee women -- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee women -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Mankiller, Wilma, 1945-2010 -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee women -- Kings and rulers -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee women -- Politics and government -- Juvenile literature.
Cherokee Indians -- Biography -- Juvenile literature -- Juvenile literature.
Indians of North America -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Women -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
ISBN:
0876148801
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
C BIOGRAPHY Mankiller, Wilma | Main (Downtown) | Garden Level, Children's Biography | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Mankiller, Wilma | Main (Downtown) | Available by placing a hold, Repository - Children's | In |
C BIOGRAPHY Mankiller, Wilma | Sandhills Indoors | Children's Biography | In |