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[BBC News] First Native American woman to travel to space

September 1, 2022August 18, 2022 News indigenous, indigenous peoples, indigenous women, NASA, native american, Native Americans, Space, women

Next month Nasa will send a new crew into space. And for the first time there will be a Native American woman aboard. Astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann, of the Wailacki of the Round Valley Indian Tribes, will be mission commander – responsible for all phases of flight. She will go to the International Space Station … Read more

[Indian Country Today] Wilma Mankiller quarters released to eager public

June 17, 2022June 7, 2022 News Indian Country Today Media Network, indigenous, indigenous peoples, indigenous women, Native Americans, wilma mankiller, woman, women

TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – A standing-room-only crowd gathered in Tahlequah to celebrate the life and legacy of the Cherokee Nation’s first female principal chief, Wilma P. Mankiller, who is now immortalized on a U.S. quarter released June 6. “She’s a legend,” Cherokee Nation citizen Henry Carey Jr., 66, of Tahlequah, said. “She deserves it. Wilma Mankiller, … Read more