Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.

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There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our...

There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our...

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider...

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider...

A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd...

A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd...

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of...

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of...

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of...

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of...

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.

I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.

Growth is a painful process.

Growth is a painful process.

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue...

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue...

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the...

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful for the...

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

Our identities have no bodies, so, unlike you, we cannot obtain order by physical coercion....

There are only a few things that truly belong to me: Who I am, who...

There are only a few things that truly belong to me: Who I am, who...

Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.

Identity is such a crucial affair that one shouldn't rush into it.

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to...

I've grown certain that the root of all fear is that we've been forced to...

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

My identity is very clear to me now, I am a black woman.

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

Memory is a way of holding on to the things you love, the things you...

Identity is theft of the self

Identity is theft of the self

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

I was not designed to be forced. I will breathe after my own fashion. Let...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

The art of listening needs its highest development in listening to oneself; our most important...

Waiting for your parents to be in a good mood before asking them for something.

Waiting for your parents to be in a good mood before asking them for something.