俄克拉荷马大学图书馆西部历史收藏切罗基民族手稿收藏曼基勒,威尔玛论文1977-1995年45英尺印第安酋长。1977-1995年期间切罗基族和威尔玛·曼基勒的官方和私人信件、主题文件、商业记录,包括私人信件(1993-1995年);1985-1995年与美国国会和美国印第安人全国议会成员的通信;部落理事会通讯(1990-1994年);切罗基国家历史学会通信(1990-1995);一般通信(1982-1995)。与美洲土著权利基金有关的主题档案(1989-1993年);美国印第安事务局中央办公室(1988-1995年);美国印第安事务局,俄克拉何马州马斯科吉地区办事处(1989-1995年);五文明部落间理事会(1977-1995); the National Congress of American Indians (1993-1995); the Tribal Election Commission (1985-1994); and tribal council meetings (1985-1993). Business and financial records of the Cherokee Nation concerning Cherokee Gardens (1981-1991); the Bingo Outpost (1989-1995); and Cherokee Nation Industries (1977-1995), along with budget, accounting, and audit papers. Education and training records of the Cherokee Nation concerning the Job Training Partnership Act (1993-1995); Head Start (1985-1995); Oaks Mission School (1977-1995); Sequoyah High School (1984-1995); and Talking Leaves Job Corps. Community development and housing files related to block grants (1985-1995); the Community Loan Fund (1987-1994); the Bell Project (1981-1987); the Cherokee Housing Authority (1993-1994); and the Home Improvement Program (1985-1994). Health issue files relating to Indian health services (1991-1995) and the National Indian Health Board (1985-1992). Environmental program records relating to the Arkansas Riverbed Authority (1993-1994) and papers relating to Mankiller's books and other writings, with genealogical materials concerning her family. Wilma Pearl Mankiller was born in 1945 in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, and became the first woman chief of a Native American tribe in modern history. She served as Deputy and Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and throughout her career spoke out for the rights of Native Americans. An ardent activist and feminist, Mankiller was inducted into the Oklahoma Women's Hall of Fame (1986), the International Women's Forum Hall of Fame (1992), the National Women's Hall of Fame (1993), and has received the Distinguished Leadership Award of the Harvard Foundation. In addition, she was chosen as one of the Fifty Great Americans by Who's Who. She is the author of Mankiller: A Chief and Her People, and co-editor of The Reader's Companion to the History of Women in the United States. This collection consists of official and personal correspondence, subject files, and business records. Record series include personal correspondence (1993-1995), correspondence (1985-1995)