Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.”The other thing that I saw which is, I think, one of the single most important things that we continue to have as native people, and that’s a sense of interdependence. I’ve been very fortunate to be able to travel extensively in this country and abroad, and I can tell you that even though our people are very fragmented today, we still, in the more traditional communities still have a sense of interdependence. I can still motivate people in communities to do something because it helps their neighbor, or helps the person down the road, or helps the community much more than I can motivate people to do something just because it helps themselves.Courtesy of the Wilma Mankiller Trust
Answer
A
Mankiller states her favorite part of being part of the Cherokee tribe is that the people treat each other with respect and kindness.
B
While many Cherokee communities are fragmented, Mankiller still believes that her people’s strength lies in their sense of interdependence.
C
Cherokee people are motivated by the desire to help others, Mankiller states, which makes them productive members of the community.
D
Mankiller explains that she’s been so successful in her community-building efforts because people will do something because it helps their neighbor.