The Cherokee Word for Water (2013)
Zahn McClarnon: Deputy Jackson
Quotes
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Wilma Mankiller : I'm not considering running for Deputy Chief. I am running.
Deputy Jackson : Well, I'm sorry but you have no idea about what it takes to run a tribe.
Wilma Mankiller : Actually, I think I do.
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Chief Ross Swimmer : I wanna let you know that word's been getting out about your project.
Wilma Mankiller : That's great.
Deputy Jackson : Not everyone thinks it's a good idea.
Wilma Mankiller : Why wouldn't they?
Deputy Jackson : Thing gets a lot of attention. Poor Cherokees pulling themselves up by the bootstraps. Press will eat it up.
Wilma Mankiller : Well that's a good thing isn't it?
Deputy Jackson : Well if it doesn't work, we got front page stories about full-blooded Cherokees falling flat on their faces.
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Deputy Jackson : Woman's got spunk, you gotta give her that.
[about Wilma]