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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
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Pooja Salhotra

Millie Thompson Williams, first woman elected to help lead Texas’ Alabama-Coushatta, dies

Alabama Coushatta Second Chief Elect Millie Thompson Williams in traditional regalia inside of the Indian Village Assembly of God Church on Thursday, December 22, 2022. Thompson will be the first woman to serve in this leadership position in the history of the Native American Tribe.
Millie Thompson Williams, the first woman elected to serve in a leadership position in the Alabama-Coushatta tribe stands inside the Indian Village Assembly of God Church on Dec. 22, 2022. Thompson died Aug. 25. (Credit: Annie Mulligan for The Texas Tribune)

Millie Thompson Williams, the first woman elected to serve as second chief of the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas, died Friday at a hospital in Lufkin. She was 67.

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