The artwork is part of a series Les Femmes Mondiales. This piece is noted as Native American - Wilma Mankiller. The piece features a specific woman, Wilma Mankiller. She was the first female Chief of the Cherokee Nation. She experienced discrimination when her family was moved off the reservation in Oklahoma to San Francisco. Native people were treated with disdain. Wilma took elements of her life to make a positve change for native people.