read the excerpt from
ebuilding the cherokee nation.\
one of the things that i saw, just as if you look at what happened after the trail of tears, you can look at some of the positive things that happened among our people. what i looked at in our communities is i saw among our people—they had unbelievable tenacity. our tribe is one of the most acculturated tribes in the country, and yet there are thousands of people who still speak cherokee. ceremonies that weve had since the beginning of time are still going on in a tribe as acculturated as ours is. our people are very tenacious, and it was that tenacity that i saw as a strength we could build on.
which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from the excerpt?
- wilma mankiller notes the essential quality she feels brought the cherokee through the trail of tears: hey had unbelievable tenacity.\
- wilma mankiller boasts about the cherokee people’s abilities with language: here are thousands of people who still speak cherokee.\
- wilma mankiller feels that cherokee people, despite being acculturated, \have a strength they can build on.\
- wilma mankiller credits her tribe’s survival to performing \ceremonies that we’ve had since the beginning of time.\

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read the excerpt from
ebuilding the cherokee nation.\
one of the things that i saw, just as if you look at what happened after the trail of tears, you can look at some of the positive things that happened among our people. what i looked at in our communities is i saw among our people—they had unbelievable tenacity. our tribe is one of the most acculturated tribes in the country, and yet there are thousands of people who still speak cherokee. ceremonies that weve had since the beginning of time are still going on in a tribe as acculturated as ours is. our people are very tenacious, and it was that tenacity that i saw as a strength we could build on.
which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from the excerpt?
- wilma mankiller notes the essential quality she feels brought the cherokee through the trail of tears: 	hey had unbelievable tenacity.\
- wilma mankiller boasts about the cherokee people’s abilities with language: 	here are thousands of people who still speak cherokee.\
- wilma mankiller feels that cherokee people, despite being acculturated, \have a strength they can build on.\
- wilma mankiller credits her tribe’s survival to performing \ceremonies that we’ve had since the beginning of time.\

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# Brief Explanations:
1.  Check each option against the original excerpt:
    - Option 1: The quote "they had unbelievable tenacity" matches the excerpt, and the framing correctly links it to the Cherokee's experience through the Trail of Tears, which aligns with the text's context.
    - Option 2: The excerpt does not mention "boasting," and the quote is taken out of context without the link to acculturation, making this framing inaccurate.
    - Option 3: The quote "have a strength they can build on" does not appear in the excerpt; the text states "it was that tenacity that I saw as a strength we could build on," so this is an incorrect paraphrase presented as a direct quote.
    - Option 4: The excerpt does not credit survival *to* the ceremonies; it only notes ceremonies continue despite acculturation, so this framing misrepresents the text.
# Answer:
Wilma Mankiller notes the essential quality she feels brought the Cherokee through the Trail of Tears: "they had unbelievable tenacity."

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