TAHLEQUAH, Okla. – The Cherokee Nation was honored this weekend with a visit from former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor. Justice O’Connor spent Friday and Saturday in Tahlequah at the invitation of Principal Chief Chad Smith. Now retired, Justice O’Connor was the first female Justice to sit on the United States Supreme Court.
“We were privileged last night to have dinner in the wonderful school area,” stated Justice O’Connor. “The monies that the Nation is earning with the casinos that it has, and with other ventures in which it is engaged, are being used for the betterment of the tribe in very real ways.”
The Justice was referring to her tour of the tribe’s language immersion school, where she met the children and was treated to a musical performance in Cherokee by the first grade students. O’Connor remarked on the fluency of the children and supported the importance of teaching children multiple languages at the earliest possible age. She was surprised by the delicious seven-course meal served to her by Cherokee Nation’s Job Corps students and commented on the ingenuity of the tribe in using its professional hospitality employees in practical programs to mentor young people interested in the culinary arts.
Justice O’Connor has a special interest in encouraging young women to reach their goals and she repeatedly stated her support of the Cherokee society’s inclusion of women in positions of importance.
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