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	Podcast:		Native America Calling
	Episode:		Wednesday, June 15, 2022 – Honoring Wilma Mankiller
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:56:15
	Publish Date:		2022-06-15 13:00:27
	Description:		Wilma Mankiller’s image on the U.S. quarter coin is the latest recognition for the pioneering Cherokee leader. Among her other honors was the Presidential Medal of Freedom. During the event celebrating her likeness on the quarter, Principle Chief Chuck Hoskin, Jr. said, years after her death, Mankiller "keeps changing the world for the better". Today on Native America Calling, Shawn Spruce looks back at Mankiller’s legacy as an advocate for Cherokee people and the tribe’s first female principal chief.
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