Wilma Mankiller, Cherokee Chief

Back home in Oklahoma, there is a memorial service today honoring Wilma Mankiller, former principal chief (the first and so far only woman to hold that office) of the Cherokee Nation. Her books have been in my library for a while and since she was just a tad younger than me, we shared a generation of consciousness about justice and action to make the lives of ordinary people better. May she rest forever in peace and may her family be comforted by the memory of all the good she accomplished. The Tulsa World has an article about the memorial service here, and a comprehensive multimedia package about her life, here.