Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee
Nation."

The other thing that I saw which is, I think, one of the
single most important things that we continue to have
as native people, and that's a sense of
interdependence. I've been very fortunate to be able to
travel extensively in this country and abroad, and I can
tell you that even though our people are very
fragmented today, we still, in the more traditional
communities still have a sense of interdependence. I
can still motivate people in communities to do
something because it helps their neighbor, or helps the
person down the road, or helps the community much
more than I can motivate people to do something just
because it helps themselves.


Which sentence provides the best introduction to the
quotation?
Mankiller states her favorite part of being part of the
Cherokee tribe is that the people treat each other
with respect and kindness.

While many Cherokee communities are fragmented,
Mankiller still believes that her people's strength lies
in their sense of interdependence.

Cherokee people are motivated by the desire to help
others, Mankiller states, which makes them
productive members of the community.

Mankiller explains that she's been so successful in
her community-building efforts because people will
do something because it helps their neighbor.