Phyliss Anderson Becomes Female Mississippi Choctaw Chief

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Phyliss Anderson Becomes Female Mississippi Choctaw Chief

Sandra Knispel (2011-09-07)

OXFORD, MS (WKNO) - Phyliss J. Anderson will be the first female chief to head up the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, ousting the sitting Miko Beasley Denson with a sizable lead.

No question, Phyliss Anderson's victory is historic. But she's by no means the first woman ever to lead an Indian tribe.

"There are many, many famous examples of principal chiefs of contemporary nations," Annette Trefzer, an associate professor of English at the University of Mississippi, studies cultures and literatures of Native Americans, says. "First, I'm thinking of Wilma Mankiller who was the principal chief of the Cherokee Nation who was elected in 1985."

http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wkno/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1849574/Mid-South.News/Phyliss.Anderson.Becomes.Female.Mississippi.Choctaw.Chief

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1. She only had to win twice against an incumbent....

And she kicked some corrupt ass in the process!