(12 quotes found)
“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 tribe, which won funding this year, donated $1,000 to Taylor a few months after his 2002 letter.] I receive support from many tribes across the nation, ... My efforts ... are for the benefit of every tribe, not simply those who chose to support my campaigns.”
Charles Taylor
“Kathy is a fluent Cherokee speaker, ... So she makes sure that we're accurate on pronunciation and things like that.”
Kay Henderson
“My father was one eighth Cherokee and my mother one fourth Cherokee, which I figure makes me about an eighth cigar-store Injun.”
“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 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
“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
“If it's placed in the blue bag we can bring it to Cherokee for no charge.”
Mark Kunkel
