It is amazing to me that so little is still known about the Trail of Tears or the lives of the Cherokees themselves. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes amaze cherokee live
I think I always knew I would be a writer some day, but it wasn't until I was grown and had children of my own that I turned to telling Native American stories. Joseph Bruchac americanchildday Change image and share on social
I don't recall exactly when I first began reading about Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery, but I suspect that it was in fourth grade. Joseph Bruchac beginclarkcorps Change image and share on social
The Trail of Tears should teach all of us the importance of respect for others who are different from ourselves and compassion for those who have difficulties. Joseph Bruchac compassiondifficultyimportance Change image and share on social
The thing about dancing - what it taught me all those years - is it gives you an amazing sense of discipline in forcing yourself to do things that you know are good for you but you don't really want to do. Madonna Ciccone amazedancediscipline share on social
It is only when you watch the dense mass of thousands of ants, crowded together around the Hill, blackening the ground, that you begin to see the whole beast, and now you observe it thinking, planning, calculating. It is an intelligence, a kind of live computer, with crawling bits for its wits. Lewis Thomas antbeastbegin share on social
Early in the 1990s, I flew alone in a dandelion-yellow, single-engine, 180-horsepower Piper Cherokee from Westchester County Airport in New York westward to the Rocky Mountains, landing and refuelling a good many times in middle-sized cities and towns along the way. Cynthia Ozick 1990sairportcherokee share on social