Everybody Is Sitting Around Saying, 'well, Jeez,

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.

We Are A Revitalized Tribe. After Every Major Upheaval, We Have Been Able To Gather Together As A People To Rebuild A Community And A Government. Individually And Collectively, Cherokee People Possess An Extraordinary Ability To Face Down Adversity And Continue Moving Forward. We Are Able To Do That Because Our Culture, Though Certainly Diminished, Has Sustained Us Since Time Inmemorial. This Cherokee Culture Is A Well-kept Secret.

People Say That Crisis Changes People And Turns Ordinary People Into Wiser Or More Responsible Ones.

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.

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