ᎤᎪᏓ ᎠᏆᏚᎵ ᎠᏆᏎᏍᏙᏗ ᎾᏃ ᎦᏬᏂᎯᏍᏗᏓᏊ, ᎤᏚᎩ ᎠᏋᎭ ᏂᎦᏯᎢᏐ ᏓᎾᏑᏍᎬ ᎾᎿ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ, ᎠᏂᏣᎳᎩ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᎠᎴ ᎠᏂᏐᎢ ᎠᏁᎯᏯ ᏗᎾᏕᎶᏆᏍᎩ ᏙᎯᏳ ᎤᏂᎪᏩᏛᏗ ᎤᎾᏓᏅᏖᏗ ᎤᏂᏩᏛᏗ ᏗᎬᏍᏕᎸᏗ ᏗᎦᏂᎳᏕᏗᎢ ᏧᏂᎸᏫᏍᏓᏁᎯ ᏯᏛᎾ university ᎠᎴ ᎤᏣᏘᏂ ᎤᏙᏢᏒ,” ᎠᏗᏍᎬᎢ.
“I want to go deeper than just a series of talks, so I’m hoping to continue meeting with students, Cherokee students and other Indigenous students to really see what’s on their minds and then (find) ways that I can help advocate for them in any facility like whether it’s at the university or elsewhere,” he said.