Day 4129 - Cherokee doll and a MRI.

   

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A new Barbie doll honors Cherokee Chief Wilma Mankiller.

Mattel released a Barbie doll in November commemorating Cherokee Nation leader Wilma Mankiller as part of its "Inspiring Women" series.

 

Wilma Mankiller has many accomplishments to her name — the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, a US quarter in her likeness, to name a few. Now, the late Cherokee leader and activist also boasts a Barbie doll in her honor.

 

Mankiller, the first female principal chief of the Cherokee Nation, served as tribe leader from 1985 to 1995.

 

 

Toy company Mattel released a Wilma Mankiller Barbie last month as part of its “Inspiring Women” series, commemorating her lifelong advocacy for Native and women’s rights. Some Cherokee people see a missed opportunity. see story.

 

Basket weaving is one of the most well-known Cherokee handicrafts. Some in the Nation criticized Mattel for not featuring Cherokee patterns in the basket included with the Wilma Mankiller Barbie.

 

see entire story and pictures, here

 

I had a MRI of my brain Saturday.

 

I have had 4 before, 2 hips in 2000 and 2004 and 2 shoulders in 2021. They give ear plugs and even then, it is so loud. Once you lay down, they fit a box around you head, then add pads and a window on top. My session was to take 12 minutes once in the tunnel. They give you a kill switch to hold, in case you need to stop. Then it starts, and because I am a counter, I tried to count the number of sounds and how many of each. I counted 21 different sounds, with ten sets of ten, and ten noises in each set. A lot. The sounds were like knocking on the door, shrill sound, pounding on the door, a drilling, a swishing, a boom, a hammering, a bigger boom etc. you get the idea. I heard a man's voice at the end, but with the ear plugs I couldn't make it out. When I got upright, I asked about the voice and he said it was him saying we were done.  

 

  

 

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