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.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.

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.

There's a room in my house where my stereo, records, CDs, and books are housed. I spend a lot of time in that room, sitting in my chair beside the fireplace, reading and listening to music. Sometimes I just stand before the shelves and look at my books, because every single one of them means something to me.

Education has failed in a very serious way to convey the most important lesson science can teach: skepticism.

My husband and I are huge bibliophiles. He's always reading 'The New York Times Book Review' and then ordering 20 books online.

An education program is, by definition, a societal program. Work should be done at school, rather than at home.