Ability Quote by Wilma Mankiller

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

As a Cherokee, I can attest to the fact that Native Americans have been on the losing side of history. Our rights have been…

— Markwayne Mullin

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

— Loretta Lynn

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

I was no Cherokee. I was no warrior. I was nobody special. I was just a girl, scared and angry. When I saw myself…

— Dorothy Allison

“The Eastern and Western Cherokees live thousands of miles from each other. Yet, many ties remain, through family, friends, and a shared culture. In…

— Nicole Claro

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

“Before this, the Cherokees had, like Indian tribes in general, done without formal government. As Van Every puts it: The foundation principle of Indian…

— Howard Zinn

Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American…

— Joseph Bruchac

“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

“As for the Cherokees, they faced a set of laws passed by Georgia: their lands were taken, their government abolished, all meetings prohibited. Cherokees…

— Howard Zinn

Long accustomed to the use of European manufactures, [the Cherokee Indians] are as incapable of returning to their habits of skinsand furs as we…

— Thomas Jefferson