"It was still dark as we walked through the cold morning, under oaks that symbolized the stubbornness and endur-ance of the Cherokee people. They made Tahlequah their capital in the new lands. I looked for handholds in the misty gray sky. I wanted to change everything. I wanted to go back to a place before childhood, before our tribe's removal to Oklahoma."

— Crazy Brave by Joy Harjo (Page 122)