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In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
Wilma Mankiller
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Wilma Mankiller
Age: 64 †
Born: 1945
Born: November 18
Died: 2010
Died: April 6
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Сhief Of The Cherokee Nation
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Oklahoma
Chief Wilman Mankiller
A-ji-luhsgi Asgaya-dihi
Wilma Pearl Mankiller
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An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.
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I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.
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My ability to survive personal crises is really a mark of the character of my people. Individually and collectively, we must react with a tenacity that allows us again and again to bounce back from adversity.
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Growth is a painful process. If we’re ever going to collectively begin to grapple with the problems that we have collectively, we’re going to have to move back the veil and deal with each other on a more human level.
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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.
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Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities.
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Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.
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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.
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I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.
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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.
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People say that crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser or more responsible ones.
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Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
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I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.
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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.
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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.
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We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.
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America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking.
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I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and belive in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future and then work to make sure that that vision becomes a reality.
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Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.
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If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.
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