“ᏳᏓᎵᎭ ᎦᏓᏅᏖᏍᎬ ᎬᎦᏑᏰᏍᏗ (ᎬᎾᏕᎾ ᎠᏁᎯ ᎠᏃᏢᏅᏍᎩ ᎨᏥᎸᏉᏔᏅᎢ) ᎤᎬᏳᎵ ᎠᏎᏍᎦᏂ ᎤᏩᎦᏗᏗᏒ ᎩᎳ ᏲᎬᎦᏑᏯᎩ ᎨᎵᏍᎬᎢ. 
“The possibility (of being named a Cherokee National Treasure) has always been in the back of my mind, however, I always figured that if I was to be designated that it would be at a much later date. 