By JAMES D. WATTS JR. Scene Writer on Apr 7, 2010, at 1:27 PM Updated on 4/07 at 1:27 PM
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This has not, by any standard, been a good week for far too many people.
We've been horrifically reminded how fragile ...
Celebrity Attractions announced that Disney Theatricals will donate a portion of this week's ticket sales to the Tulsa run ...
Tulsa native Tracy Letts won the Outstanding Actor in a Play at the 58th annual Drama Desk Awards, presented Sunday night ...
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In 2007, Wilma Mankiller and Michael Wallis, who collaborated on the book "Mankiller: A Chief and her People," were honored by the Tulsa Press Club for their lives' work, and I got the chance to talk with both on that occasion.
Wallis said something during that interview that came to mind when I learned of Wilma Mankiller's death yesterday. He spoke about how, more than a decade after Mankiller's biography was published, people still brought copies to him to sign.
"I always inscribe it, 'I hope you enjoy this story of a true daughter of America,'" Wallis said. "Because that is what Wilma Mankiller is. She has lived her own Trail of Tears, and has looked death in the eye on many occasions. But she is a total survivor."
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