The Barbie doll has received mixed reactions by members of the Cherokee Nation. Mattel “Wilma Mankiller is a champion for the Cherokee Nation, for Indian Country, and even my own daughter,” he ...

Mankiller, whose likeness is on a U.S. quarter issued in 2021, is the second Native American woman honored with a Barbie doll. Famed aviator Bessie Coleman, who was of Black and Cherokee ancestry ...

OKLAHOMA CITY − The Cherokee Nation's first female principal chief is being honored with her very own Barbie doll. The Wilma Mankiller doll is part of the Barbie "Inspiring Women" series and is ...

For Julie Reed, the doll’s design represents a missed opportunity. Reed, an associate professor of Native American and American history at Penn State University and a citizen of the Cherokee ...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — An iconic chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, inspired countless Native American children as a powerful but humble leader who expanded early education and rural ...

Mankiller, whose likeness is on a U.S. quarter issued in 2021, is the second Native American woman honored with a Barbie doll. Famed aviator Bessie Coleman , who was of Black and Cherokee ancestry ...

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