Whoever Controls The Education Of Our Children

We Celebrate Thanksgiving Along With The Rest Of America, Maybe In Different Ways And For Different Reasons. Despite Everything That's Happened To Us Since We Fed The Pilgrims, We Still Have Our Language, Our Culture, Our Distinct Social System. Even In A Nuclear Age, We Still Have A Tribal People.

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.

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.

Friends Describe Me As Someone Who Likes To Sing And Dance Along The Edge Of The Roof. I Try To Encourage Young Women To Be Willing To Take Risks, To Stand Up For The Things They Believe In, And To Step Up And Accept The Challenge Of Serving In Leadership Roles.

Western Movies Always Seemed To Show Indian Women Washing Clothes At The Creek And Men With A Tomahawk Or Spear In Their Hands, Adorned With Lots Of Feathers. That Image Has Stayed In Some People's Minds. Many Think We're Either Visionaries, `noble Savages,' Squaw Drudges Or Tragic Alcoholics. We're Very Rarely Depicted As Real People Who Have Greater Tenacity In Terms Of Trying To Hang On To Our Culture And Values System Than Most People.