I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.

- Wilma Mankiller

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

- Wilma Mankiller

I want to be remembered as the person who helped us restore faith in ourselves.

- Wilma Mankiller

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.

- Wilma Mankiller

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

- Wilma Mankiller

We must trust our own thinking. Trust where we're going. And get the job done.

- Wilma Mankiller

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

- Wilma Mankiller