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tirebiter

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2. Too bad Wilma Mankiller died.

Reply to douglas9 (Original post)

Mon Jan 5, 2026, 02:39 AM

Monday

She used to get food for the Alcatraz occupiers long before she was elected the Principal Chief of the Cherokee nation in 1985. She coulda pulled strings.
I became a tribal member with a blue card under her leadership.

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