Carolina Quotes
I had to learn the English language, which is the foreign language. It is not an American language.
Goingback Chiltoskey Carolinian
Source
Quoted in M. Anna Fariello, Cherokee Carvers: From the Hands of Our Elders (2013), Cherokee Traditions, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University
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- work
- Cherokee Carvers: From the Hands of Our Elders
- year
- 2013
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