Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by strong Indian women before me.

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

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along.

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

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

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

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.