Voices of Cherokee Women Nez Perce the school’s founder and first

the school’s founder and first superintendent

their ongoing struggles against a centuries-old legacy of colonial disempowerment

Driven by a need to understand himself and his history

In the spirit of Billy Jean

race relations

Voices of Cherokee Women Nez Perce the school’s founder and firstVoices of Cherokee Women is a compelling collection of first person accounts by Cherokee women. It includes letters, diaries, newspaper articles, oral histories, ancient myths, and accounts by travelers, traders, and missionaries who encountered the Cherokees from the 16th century to the present. Among the stories told by these "voices" are those of Rebecca Neugin being carried as a child on the Trail of Tears; Mary Stapler Ross seeing her beautiful