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There is no such thing as “part-Cherokee.”  Either you’re Cherokee or you’re not.  It isn’t the quantity of Cherokee blood in your veins that is important, but the quality of it....your pride in it.  I have seen full-bloods who have virtually no idea of the great legacy entrusted to their care.  Yet, I have seen people with as little as 1/500th blood quantum who inspire the spirits of their ancestors because they make being Cherokee a proud part of their everyday life.
--- Honorable Jim Pell, Principal Chief of the state recognized
     Cherokee Tribe of Northeast Alabama

 

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