Wilma Mankiller has many accomplishments to her name — the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a US quarter in her likeness, to name a few.

OKLAHOMA CITY − The Cherokee Nation's first female principal chief is being honored with her very own Barbie doll. The Wilma Mankiller doll is part of the Barbie "Inspiring Women" series and is ...

The act was signed into law in April 2021 and was named to honor the legacy of late former Principal Chief Wilma Mankiller and her husband Charlie Soap. Cherokee Nation said they were both crucial ...

“For nearly two centuries, Congress has failed to honor that promise,” Chuck Hoskin Jr., principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, said in a recent interview in the Cherokee capital of ...