Question

Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.”

The Cherokee Nation has had a government for a long, long time. We had a government in this country long before there was a United States government. We had treaties with England even before we had treaties with the colonies, and then later with the United States.

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Which statement best paraphrases the excerpt?

Wilma Mankiller says that the Cherokee Nation had treaties with England even before it had treaties with the colonies and the United States government.
Wilma Mankiller reminds people that the Cherokee Nation had its own government that signed treaties with other nations before the United States existed.
Wilma Mankiller suggests that a nation must have signed treaties in order to be able to govern itself and be recognized by others, which the Cherokee Nation did.
The Cherokee Nation has a government that is older than the government of the United States, and was involved in treaties with another country before having treaties with the US.

Answer 1

Wilma Mankiller reminds people that the Cherokee Nation had its own government that signed treaties with other nations before the United States existed.