“It's not like he doesn't know what to do. He has his own restaurant in Cherokee, where he got a 96.”
Terry Collins
“I am a Cherokee and it's the proudest little possession I ever hope to have.”
Will Rogers
“My name is Mankiller, and in the old Cherokee Nation, when we lived here in the Southeast, we lived in semi-autonomous villages, and there was someone who watched over the village, who had the title of mankiller. And I'm not sure what you could equate that to, but it was sort of like a soldier or someone who was responsible for the security of the village, and so anyway this one fellow liked the title mankiller so well that he kept it as his name, and that's who we trace our ancestry back to.”
Wilma Mankiller
“The Cherokee Nation appreciates the interest that IBM shows in our children's futures and in making technology access and training available to our people. Technology can play a key role in not only preserving our past, but also in enabling our people to access educational, employment and quality of life opportunities that can help to enhance our future.”
Chad Smith
“I think the state-owned casino proponents look at both Cherokee and Crawford counties as potentially lucrative markets.”
Whitney Damron
“All the major Cherokee characters are there.”
James Bradley
“We're looking for anything associated with the [Cherokee] removal, whether it be roads, forts, cemeteries, taverns ... Part of our job is to get the word out. Maybe someone will come forward who knows more than we do about it.”
Linda Baker
