quotes of the day
from wilma mankiller
• 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.
• 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.
• Growth is a painful process.
• 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.
• Prior to my election, young Cherokee girls would never have thought that they might grow up and become chief.
• I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.
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