US-American Indian Cherokee chief.
"She was the first woman to serve as the chief of a major North American Indian tribe; Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma, 1985-87."
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.
"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."
I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.
"She likened her job to "running a small country, a medium corporation, and being a social worker.""
I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.