Bakersfield Cactus. We currently do not grow this plant. Historically, Bakersfield cactus covered large areas of the southern San Joaquin Valley. Our plants came from Jack Zaninovich who had a little nursery that grew plants for the Kern chapter of California Native Plant Society back in the 1970's and 1980's.
Wilma Mankiller: Leader of the Cherokee Nation (People to Know) Library Binding â November, 1994. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Learn more about Wilma Mankiller, who became the first woman to lead the Cherokee nation in 1985, on Biography.com. Wilma Mankiller worked for several years as a leading advocate for the Cherokee people, and became the first woman to serve as their principal chief in 1985. Synopsis Wilma Mankiller was born in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, on November 18, 1945. Four decades later, in 1985, Mankiller became the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation. She sought to improve the nationâs health care, education system and government. She decided not to seek re-election in 1995 due to ill health.