I've Run Into More Discrimination As A

Cows Run Away From The Storm While The Buffalo Charges Toward It - And Gets Through It Quicker. Whenever I’m Confronted With A Tough Challenge, I Do Not Prolong The Torment, I Become The Buffalo.

Negative Thoughts Were Treated By Cherokee Healers With The Same Medicines As Wounds, Headaches, Or Physical Illness. It Was Believed That Unchecked Negative Thoughts Can Permeate The Being And Manifest Themselves In Negative Actions.

I Think The Most Important Issue We Have As A People Is What We Started, And That Is To Begin To Trust Our Own Thinking Again And Belive In Ourselves Enough To Think That We Can Articulate Our Own Vision Of The Future And Then Work To Make Sure That That Vision Becomes A Reality.

Western Movies Always Seemed To Show Indian Women Washing Clothes At The Creek And Men With A Tomahawk Or Spear In Their Hands, Adorned With Lots Of Feathers. That Image Has Stayed In Some People's Minds. Many Think We're Either Visionaries, `noble Savages,' Squaw Drudges Or Tragic Alcoholics. We're Very Rarely Depicted As Real People Who Have Greater Tenacity In Terms Of Trying To Hang On To Our Culture And Values System Than Most People.

Every Single Person Has Leadership Ability. Some Step Up And Take Them. Some Don't. My Answer Was To Step Up And Lead.