even as they grieve the loss of their country

Aunty and Kookum bead

the seeds of freedom

as they take advantage of the warmer weather and long hours of sunlight

the linking between ideology and actions

Mankiller: A Chief and Her People Cherokee even as they grieve theIn this spiritual, moving autobiography, Wilma Mankiller, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, tells of her own history while also honoring and recounting the history of the Cherokees. Mankiller's life unfolds against the backdrop of the dawning of the American Indian civil rights struggle, and her book becomes a quest to reclaim and preserve the great Native American values that form the foundation