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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. "
Change
People
Paths
" America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. "
Place
Thinking
Better
" 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. "
Problem
Sitting
Saying
" Growth is a painful process. "
Process
Painful
Growth
" 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. "
Education
Children
People
" Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward. "
People
Face
Moving Forward
" 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. "
Society
Decisions
Future
" I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian. "
Discrimination
Indian
More
" I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves. "
Faith
Person
Remembered
" Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief. "
Grow Up
Thought
Young
" 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. "
Think
You
History
" The secret of our success is that we never, never give up. "
Never Give Up
Never
Success
" We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done. "
Thinking
Own
Job
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