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Chief Lightning Bolt is a fascinating historical fiction novel of the Mi'kmaq written by renowned Mikmaw historian and activist Daniel N

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She Persisted : Wilma Mankiller HC Caring Chief Lightning Bolt is aBy author Traci Sorell, Cherokee Nation, and series author Chelsea Clinton. Illustrated by Alexandra Boiger and Gillian FlintWilma Mankiller grew up with the knowledge that, as a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, her people had long suffered mistreatment at the hands of the US government. As she got older and learned more about the injustices they had faced and continued to face, she dedicated her life to helping Native Nations and their citizens