TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation announced 10 women-owned Cherokee companies recently received investments to help businesses grow. Cherokee Nation, in a partnership with The University of Tulsa (TU ...

In 1992, Wilma Mankiller gave the commencement address at Flagstaff’s Northern Arizona University. Several years earlier, Mankiller had become the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, ...

I: Crisis of gender -- Cultural continuity -- Early catalysts for change -- The trail of tears -- II: Crisis of the Civil War and reconstruction -- The Civil War -- Reconstruction -- III: Crisis of ...