Question 9 of 14 • $2526: SEM 1: 1001370: English 3: NEW credit
Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.”The Cherokee Nation has had a government for a long, long time. We had a government in this country long before there was a United States government. We had treaties with England even before we had treaties with the colonies, and then later with the United States.Courtesy of the Wilma Mankiller Trust
Answer
A
Wilma Mankiller says that the Cherokee Nation had treaties with England even before it had treaties with the colonies and the United States government.
B
Wilma Mankiller reminds people that the Cherokee Nation had its own government that signed treaties with other nations before the United States existed.
C
Wilma Mankiller suggests that a nation must have signed treaties in order to be able to govern itself and be recognized by others, which the Cherokee Nation did.
D
The Cherokee Nation has a government that is older than the government of the United States, and was involved in treaties with another country before having treaties with the US.