as they take advantage of the warmer weather and long hours of sunlight

even as they grieve the loss of their country

the seeds of freedom

they are drawn closer by their shared friendship

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Mankiller: A Chief and Her People Cherokee as they take advantage ofIn this spiritual, moving autobiography, Wilma Mankiller, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, tells of her own history while also honoring and recounting the history of the Cherokees. Mankiller's life unfolds against the backdrop of the dawning of the American Indian civil rights struggle, and her book becomes a quest to reclaim and preserve the great Native American values that form the foundation