Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.

I hope many of you will be people that question why things are and why we have to do them the way we have always done them. I hope you will take some risks, exert some real leadership on issues, and if you will, dance along the edge of the roof as you continue for life.

Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked negative thoughts can permeate the being and manifest themselves in negative actions.

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

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

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.

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