Adult Quote by Alice Walker

“We recall that to the Cherokee, as to other people who have noticed how long it sometimes takes for humans to develop fully, adulthood…

— Alice Walker

I'm just another non-native whose mom told him we were part-Cherokee.

— W. Kamau Bell

I came from a family that was pretty insularly Cherokee. We kept to ourselves - the white people were there, and we were here,…

— Wes Studi

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

— Loretta Lynn

My family is Native American, and I was raised with Native American ceremonies.

— Eric Balfour

My father was one-eighth Cherokee indian and my mother was quarter-blood Cherokee. I never got far enough in arithmetic to figure out how much…

— Will Rogers

I'm Cherokee, and there were times when social expansion was something that is needed by a cultural group or a national group.

— Wes Studi

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

— Wilma Mankiller

I was told all my life I was part Cherokee. Then it was Crow. The latest is Blackfoot.

— Kathie Lee Gifford

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. My folks were Indian. Both my mother and…

— Will Rogers

“I come from a family of Cherokee master storytellers. Listening to stories, reading them, and creating new tales is my life. These tales reveal…

— Louise Ann Barton

We are a revitalized tribe. After every major upheaval, we have been able to gather together as a people to rebuild a community and…

— Wilma Mankiller