Who Was The First Female Native American Chief?

Who Was The First Female Native American Chief? She is also the first woman elected as chief of a major Native tribe Who was the first female chief of the Cherokee Nation? Wilma Pearl Mankiller (Cherokee: ᎠᏥᎳᏍᎩ ᎠᏍᎦᏯᏗᎯ, romanized: Atsilasgi Asgayadihi; November 18, 1945 – April 6, 2010) was an American Cherokee activist, social worker,