Mankiller (Masterplots II: Women’s Literature Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Wilma Mankiller, Michael Wallis
- First Published: 1993
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1945-1993
- Setting: Oklahoma and San Francisco, California
- Principal Characters: Wilma Mankiller, Charlie Soap, Hector Hugo Olaya de Bardi, Ross Swimmer
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Social action, Family or family life, Self-discovery, Politics, Racism, Sexism, Leadership, Protests or demonstrations, Prejudices or antipathies, Native Americans or American Indians, Elections, Politicians, Tragedy
- Locales: San Francisco, CA, Oklahoma
Form and Content
Although bearing the inscription “autobiography,” Mankiller: A Chief and Her People is much more than the personal life story of one woman. Instead, the book addresses the parallel history of two entities—the United States of America and the Cherokee Nation—from the arrival of Christopher Columbus and the onslaught of European immigration through the closing of the twentieth century. This perspective on history differs from traditional classroom fare, however, because it is recapitulated by a female American Indian—Wilma Pearl Mankiller, the...
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