Patricia Ann McGee

Patricia Ann McGee (July 7, 1926 – April 6, 1994) (Yavapai-Hualapai) was a Native American tribal leader who served as president of the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe.

In 2006, McGee was nominated by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame.

[3] After her mother's death in 1940,[4] Vaughan and her brother went to live with their grandparents, Sam and Viola Jimulla,[5] chief and chieftess of the Yavapai-Prescott Tribe.

[23] McGee secured millions of dollars from both the federal government and the City of Prescott to build a resort and conference center for the tribe.

She leased reservation lands for shopping centers to earn tribal revenue and negotiated terms for a water settlement between the government and the tribe.

Her efforts to improve the economic prospects of her tribe gained national recognition in Time,[3] Fortune[24] and the Wall Street Journal.

[27] Posthumously, she was inducted into the Arizona Women's Hall of Fame in 2006, after being nominated by Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.