"Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief."

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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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"We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done."

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"I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves."

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"There are a whole lot of historical factors that have played a part in our being where we are today, and I think that to even to begin to understand our contemporary issues and contemporary problems, you have to understand a little bit about that history."

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