Tagaq moves effortlessly between fiction and memoir

the seeds of freedom

" "Diné"" Perspectives" is unique in bringing such personal journeys to the public eye

even as they grieve the loss of their country

Aunty and Kookum bead

Mankiller: A Chief and Her People Cherokee Tagaq moves effortlessly between fictionIn this spiritual, moving autobiography, Wilma Mankiller, former Chief of the Cherokee Nation and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, tells of her own history while also honoring and recounting the history of the Cherokees. Mankiller's life unfolds against the backdrop of the dawning of the American Indian civil rights struggle, and her book becomes a quest to reclaim and preserve the great Native American values that form the foundation