President Bill Clinton presents Wilma Mankiller with a Presidential Medal of Freedom on Jan. 15,1998. Mankiller, the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation, passed away earlier this week.
(AP Photo/Dennis Cook)
Alexandra Gutierrez is a reporter based in the Aleutian Islands. She is also former associate web editor of The American Prospect. More by Alexandra Gutierrez
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