Acknowledgments
I am thankful to the Cherokee people for allowing me to serve as their principal chief of the Cherokee Nation from 1999 to 2011. I am thankful and indebted to the following people for the lessons they taught me as reflected in this book and for their support, friendship, and community. Each and every one of them is a patriot of the Cherokee Nation.
Family: Bobbie Gail Smith, my Cherokee bilingual wife, who has been strong and contributed much from her native worldview. My children Kiah, Chris, Anaweg, Kyle, Cameron, and Caitlin for teaching me life lessons. My parents Nelson and Pauline Smith, who are no longer with us, were great ...
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