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Today’s photo features a sky with some interesting clouds. The lower part of the photo is fairly dark. To the right we see buildings that appear to be apartment complexes beside a road. There’s a line of cars parked on the right side. To the left there are trees and a wall. There are mountains in the background.

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Genre: Historical Fiction
Word Count: 100

HOMESICK

“You and your children will have a chance for a better life in San Fancisco,” said the blue-eyed Indian agent. “All you have here on the reservation is filth and poverty.”

Filth? Eleven-year-old Wilma saw only broad skies and beauty.

Stepping off the train in California, screeching city sounds assaulted her. She clung to Edoda. “Please, take us home.”

Twenty years later Wilma Pearl Mankiller returned to Oklahoma with her two daughters. Peace and Cherokee pride filled her. A pride that would fan the flames of her determination to help her people as the first female chief of her tribe.

*Edoda is Cherokee for Father

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