Take care how you place your moccasins upon the Earth, step with care, for the faces of the future generations are looking up from the Earth waiting their turn for life.

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

I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with them

People say that crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser or more responsible ones.

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

A lot of young girls have looked to their career paths and have said they'd like to be chief. There's been a change in the limits people see.

One of the things my parents taught me, and I'll always be grateful as a gift, is to not ever let anybody else define me; that for me to define myself. and I think that helped me a lot in assuming a leadership position.