or a "darling". She was mostly portrayed in the media in a more negative light than a positive one. There was an instance where her name was made fun of by CNN's Glenn Beck. He made fun of her name and most other natives names and also said some awful things about their sovereignty. He was just blatantly rude to the whole tribe. Cecilia was not able to respond to any of this because she was denied her rights to freedom of speech by the OST council. After the incident with the magazines, the trial began and things got heated fast. Cecilia thought that she had not been given enough time to respond the allegations and believed she had not committed any malfeasance. During the trial, she was reading from the passage Spirituality is our Culture and Walking with the Teachings of the White Buffalo Calf Woman . She read a specific part that said '"restoring value to life = responsibility = accountability = ownership'". When Fire Thunder read this, two of the council men got up and left the room with their backs turned. The conclusion of the trial resulted with her being impeached and not letting her stay the last 5 months in office when she wanted to. Legacy and honors Because of her groundbreaking election as president of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and work on women's issues, Fire Thunder has frequently been invited to speak at universities and groups about Lakota women and her experiences, as seen in the following: March 2010, Women's History Month, New York University, Center for the Study of Gender and Sexuality September 2010, Tribal Leaders Summit, Bismarck, North Dakota - speaking on issues of domestic violence and concentrating resources for children References 1946 births Living people Female Native American leaders Oglala Sioux Tribe politicians People from the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation, South Dakota American nurses American women nurses Native American activists Lakota leaders American health activists South Dakota Democrats Women in South Dakota politics 21st-century American women 20th-century Native American women 20th-century Native Americans 21st-century Native American women 21st-century Native Americans Activists from South Dakota Native American women in politics Impeached Native American tribal officials of the United States removed from office