How Wilma Mankiller's leadership continues to inspire

+ the most popular type of Buddhism US Edition - Today's top story: Wilma Mankiller, first female principal chief of Cherokee Nation, led with compassion and continues to inspire today [View in browser]( US Edition | 26 November 2022 [The Conversation]( Wilma Mankiller made history when she became the Cherokee Nation’s first female principal chief in 1985. Though she faced resistance at the time, in her second election to the position, six years later, she received an overwhelming majority of the vote – nearly 83%. During her 10 years as principal chief, she led with strength and compassion, listening to the voices of community members and focusing on issues that benefited some of the most vulnerable among them, including housing, employment, education and rural development. In her [powerful profile of Mankiller’s life and legacy](, Julie Reed, an associate professor of Native American history at Penn State, traces her professional origin back to a lecture Mankiller gave at Reed’s college when she was an undergraduate. As a young Cherokee woman who was raised outside the boundaries of the Cherokee Nation, Reed had never seen a Native American woman speak to a public audience until then. “Through her life’s work,” Reed writes, Mankiller “introduced a generation of people not just to Cherokee history but also to a model of Native women’s leadership.” This week we also liked articles about America’s fascination with [ancient Mediterranean culture](, what constitutes [ethical animal research]( and ways to [protect seafront property from rising sea levels](. Michelle McAdams University Relationship + Internship Manager Wilma Mankiller served in the top leadership role of the Cherokee Nation from 1985 to 1995. 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