(1945–2010), US Cherokee Nation tribal leader 1985–95 and historian; full name Wilma Pearl Mankiller. A women's rights activist, she wrote Mankiller: A Chief and Her People (1993).
Definition of Mankiller, Wilma in US English:
Mankiller, Wilma
proper nounˈmanˌkilər
(1945–2010), US Cherokee Nation tribal leader 1985–95 and historian; full name Wilma Pearl Mankiller. A women's rights activist, she wrote Mankiller: A Chief and Her People (1993).