Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee
Nation."
So from 1906 and 1907, when Oklahoma became a
state, and until 1971, we didn't elect our own tribal
leaders. Chiefs of the Cherokee Nation and some of
the other, well they call them Southeastern tribes; by
now they were in Indian Territory; our Chiefs were
appointed by the President of the United States, and
usually for no good purpose. They were appointed so
they could sign easements or give away land, or other
resources of the tribes.... It's interesting to see how
our people began to view leadership during this period
of time from 1906-1907 to 1971. They began to see
Chiefs of the Cherokees as something external to
themselves; a position that only very prominent people
who had little connection to the tribe could aspire to or
hold.
Which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from
the excerpt?
O Mankiller gives a little bit of Cherokee history by
explaining how "our chiefs were appointed by the
President of the United States, and usually for no
good purpose. (2).
The chiefs were appointed "usually for no good
purpose" (2) by the President of the US, to give
away Cherokee land and that of the other
Southeastern tribes.
O Mankiller recounts that the chiefs were "appointed"
by the President of the United States for no good
purpose; they only signed easements or gave away
land (2).
O Mankiller goes on to describe the damage the
Cherokee suffered at the hands of the men
appointed as chiefs "usually for no good purpose"
(2)