Wilma Mankiller

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Wilma Mankiller is still remembered today for changing the lives and minds of the Cherokee people and shaping America's image of Native Americans;...
A.D. Ellis

A.D. Ellis

A.D. Ellis was elected as the current Principal Chief of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation to a four-year term on September 20, 2003, after making tribal...
Chief Michell Hicks

Chief Michell Hicks

Chief Michell Hicks is a 1982 graduate of Cherokee High School. He received an AAS Degree in Accounting from Southwestern Community College in...
Peter P. Pitchlynn

Peter P. Pitchlynn

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Peter P. Pitchlynn was born in Noxubee County, Mississippi, January 30, 1806. His parents were Colonel John Pitchlynn, a white man, and Sophia...
John Chupco

John Chupco

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John Chupco, a town chief, refused to sign this treaty. He with the members of his town, together with Town Chief Billy Bowlegs and his followers...

Joyce C. Dugan

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Joyce C. Dugan Joyce C. Dugan served as Principal Chief of the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation from 1995-1999. As the Chief Executive Officer...

John Ross

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Gayle Ross first told her provocative story Inside the Beaded Beltway - Stories of American Indian Ambassadors to thousands at the Jonesborough, TN...

George Hudson

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George Hudson who became the first Principal Chief of the Choctaw Nation under the New Doaksville constitution was a native of Mississippi where he...

Kenneth Edwards

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KENNETH EDWARDS CHAMBERS Principal Chief

Ross Swimmer

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Ross Swimmer served three terms as Principal Chief of the Cherokee Nation, and one term as Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs.
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