A biography of Wilma Mankiller, the first woman elected chief of the Cherokee Nation, discussing her childhood, her family's move to California in 1956 as part of a government relocation program, her health problems, and her devotion to Native American causes.
Content Note
The Trail of Tears -- A Cherokee childhood -- Empty promises -- Finding her cause -- Return to tribal land -- A brush with death -- Chief of a nation -- Trials of the body -- A phoenix rising.