Growing up
What did Wilma like to do as a child?
Read books
What was Alcatraz island used as before the protests?
A prison
When she worked in Oklahoma, Wilma Mankiller renovated an entire town's what?
Water system
What did Mankiller struggle with in middle and high school?
People bullied her because of her name, and the fact she was Native American.
How did Native Americans first come to America?
What state did Wilma grow up in?
Oklahoma
Why were people protesting at Alcatraz?
They wanted the U.S. government to give Native Americans their land back.
Why did Wilma Mankiller travel to Geneva?
To go to the United Nations conference on indigenous rights
The government tricked them into selling their oil-rich land?
What tribe is Wilma Mankiller a part of?
Cherokee
Where did Wilma move when she was 14?
San Francisco
How did native people first use Alcatraz?
As a place to get their bearings and rest.
What sort of work did Wilma do in the beginning of her career?
What did Wilma Mankiller struggle with in her campaign to be deputy chief?
People didn't think a woman could lead.
What was the biggest cause of death of Native people after the arrival of white Europeans?
Disease
What relative did Wilma move in with in high school?
Her grandmother
How long did the occupation of Alcatraz last? (If you're close, you get it correct)
19 months
What historic "first" did Mankiller achieve?
What did Native American people in California struggle with when white people arrived in the area?
Disease, murder, rape - only 16,000 of 275,000 survived
What is a synonym for native?
Indigenous
How many siblings did Wilma Mankiller have?
10 (11 total children)
What role did Wilma Mankiller say the Alcatraz protests had in her life?
Her first major political action/a watershed moment
Who awarded Wilma her highest honor?
U.S. President (Bill Clinton)
Why did Wilma Mankiller stop being the Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation?
Health issues forced her to retire
What is a powwow?
A meeting of Native American people where people sing, dance, and tell stories