INTRODUCTION

I gave the 2002 state of the nation address during the third year of my first term. We were able to build the essential management and operational systems to have reliable data and information in order to make sound decisions. Finance, accounting, procurement, legal, and human resources had been built with solid staff and strong leadership.

Each year, the Cherokee National Holiday has a theme. In many organizations, event themes are some combination of words that sound good at the moment but do not have much significance. Themes are branding and educational opportunities. We had the opportunity to look back at what was happening in the Cherokee Nation a century before during one of the most challenging and debilitating periods of ...

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