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, ...

TULSA, Okla. — Lillian Charles sang on stages before, but she shared her talents on a parade float for Tulsa's eighth annual Native American Day celebrations. The young Cherokee woman represented ...

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — The Cherokee Nation named three new leaders for three of their tribal departments. Sally Wilson has been named Senior Director of the tribe's Indian Child Welfare department, ...

Native American women have long been powerful leaders, organizers, storytellers, and changemakers — not only within their communities, but across the broader landscape of American history. Their ...

For many, this coexistence of American patriotism and Indigenous pride may seem contradictory Naomi Skiles Members of the Native American Women Warriors, the nation’s first all-women Native American ...