Mattel is honoring the late, legendary Cherokee leader Wilma Mankiller with a Barbie as part of its "Inspiring Women" series. But not all Cherokee Nation citizens are embracing the idea
Even as they celebrate the tribute to pioneering Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller, some Cherokee people acknowledge having complicated feelings around the Barbie doll.
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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) An iconic chief of the Cherokee Nation, Wilma Mankiller, inspired countless Native American children as a powerful but humble leader who expanded early education and rural healthcare. Her reach is now broadening with a quintessential American honor: a Barbie doll in the late Mankiller’s likeness as part of toymaker Mattel’s “Inspiring […]