Wilma ManKiller
Wilma Mankiller
NOVEMBER 18, 1945 – APRIL 6, 2010
“WHOEVER CONTROLS THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN CONTROLS OUR FUTURE.”
-WILMA MANKILLER
“STRUGGLING AGAINST UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND SUPERDEVELOPMENT, OUR CORRUPTIBLE
BODIES WILL ONE DAY PUT ON INCORRUPTIBILITY, WHEN ALL VALUABLE HUMAN WORKS AND
ACTIONS WILL BE CONSERVED AND REDEEMED (#31).“
TO COMMIT ONESELF TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON AND EVERY HUMAN BEING IS
AN OBLIGATION NOT ONLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT ALSO FOR SOCIETIES AND NATIONS, AND
ESPECIALLY FOR THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (#32).
-SOLICITUDO REI SOCIALIS (ON SOCIAL CONCERN) -- POPE JOHN PAUL II, 1987
DESPITE CONSISTENT TRADGEDY SUCH AS HER DIVORCE, AND AFATAL CAR CRASH THAT ALMOST KILLED HER AS WELL, WILMA
TIRELESSLY WORKED AS THE FIRST FEMALE PRINCIPAL CHIEF IN TRIBE HISTORY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIFE CONDITIONS OF
NATIVE AMERICANS IN OKLAHOMA THROUGH COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE OLD TESTAMENT CALLS FOR A JUST SOCIETY WITHOUT CORRUPTION WHERE MANS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS DIRECTLY
DEPENDENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND MAN. WILMA WORKED TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PEACEFULLY WHILE ALSO PROMOTING A UNITIY BETWEEN ALL NATIVE AMERICANS.
WILMA MANKILLER EMBODIES MANY IMPRESSIVE PRICIPLES AND TEACHINGS. THE THREE INVOLVED WITH CATHOLIC SOCIAL
TEACHING ARE SOLIDARITY, CALL TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AND OPTION FOR THE POOR. WILMA LOOKED TO PROMOTE A
UNITIVE BOND BETWEEN THE USA AND THE CHEROKEE TRIBE. SHE ACCOMPLISHED THIS THROUGH PROMOTING EQUALITY FOR THE
COMMON NATIVE AMERICAN. THIS IS RELATABLE TO THE OPTION FOR THE POOR. BEFORE HER RISE TO LEADERSHIP, NATIVE
AMERICANS WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE TO THE CITIES WHERE MANY STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN A LIVING. WILMA BROUGHT MANY
BACK TO OKLAHOMA WHERE SHE IMPROVED THE JOB OUTLOOK AND BROADENED THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. LASTLY, WILMA FELT
CALLED TO LEADERSHIP IN THE CHEROKEE TRUBE, HER COMMUNITY, AND WAS ABLE TO RETURN IT TO
NOVEMBER 18, 1945 – APRIL 6, 2010
“WHOEVER CONTROLS THE EDUCATION OF OUR CHILDREN CONTROLS OUR FUTURE.”
-WILMA MANKILLER
“STRUGGLING AGAINST UNDERDEVELOPMENT AND SUPERDEVELOPMENT, OUR CORRUPTIBLE
BODIES WILL ONE DAY PUT ON INCORRUPTIBILITY, WHEN ALL VALUABLE HUMAN WORKS AND
ACTIONS WILL BE CONSERVED AND REDEEMED (#31).“
TO COMMIT ONESELF TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE WHOLE PERSON AND EVERY HUMAN BEING IS
AN OBLIGATION NOT ONLY FOR THE INDIVIDUAL, BUT ALSO FOR SOCIETIES AND NATIONS, AND
ESPECIALLY FOR THE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY AND THE OTHER CHRISTIAN CHURCHES (#32).
-SOLICITUDO REI SOCIALIS (ON SOCIAL CONCERN) -- POPE JOHN PAUL II, 1987
DESPITE CONSISTENT TRADGEDY SUCH AS HER DIVORCE, AND AFATAL CAR CRASH THAT ALMOST KILLED HER AS WELL, WILMA
TIRELESSLY WORKED AS THE FIRST FEMALE PRINCIPAL CHIEF IN TRIBE HISTORY IN ORDER TO IMPROVE THE LIFE CONDITIONS OF
NATIVE AMERICANS IN OKLAHOMA THROUGH COOPERATION WITH THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
THE OLD TESTAMENT CALLS FOR A JUST SOCIETY WITHOUT CORRUPTION WHERE MANS RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD IS DIRECTLY
DEPENDENT ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MAN AND MAN. WILMA WORKED TO IMPROVE RELATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PEACEFULLY WHILE ALSO PROMOTING A UNITIY BETWEEN ALL NATIVE AMERICANS.
WILMA MANKILLER EMBODIES MANY IMPRESSIVE PRICIPLES AND TEACHINGS. THE THREE INVOLVED WITH CATHOLIC SOCIAL
TEACHING ARE SOLIDARITY, CALL TO FAMILY AND COMMUNITY, AND OPTION FOR THE POOR. WILMA LOOKED TO PROMOTE A
UNITIVE BOND BETWEEN THE USA AND THE CHEROKEE TRIBE. SHE ACCOMPLISHED THIS THROUGH PROMOTING EQUALITY FOR THE
COMMON NATIVE AMERICAN. THIS IS RELATABLE TO THE OPTION FOR THE POOR. BEFORE HER RISE TO LEADERSHIP, NATIVE
AMERICANS WERE FORCED TO RELOCATE TO THE CITIES WHERE MANY STRUGGLED TO MAINTAIN A LIVING. WILMA BROUGHT MANY
BACK TO OKLAHOMA WHERE SHE IMPROVED THE JOB OUTLOOK AND BROADENED THE EDUCATION SYSTEM. LASTLY, WILMA FELT
CALLED TO LEADERSHIP IN THE CHEROKEE TRUBE, HER COMMUNITY, AND WAS ABLE TO RETURN IT TO
Links: http://teacherlink.ed.usu.edu/tlresources/units/byrnes-famous/Mankillr.html http://www.biography.com/people/wilma-mankiller-214109#synopsis http://www.cctwincities.org/document.doc?id=76