Read the excerpt from "Rebuilding the Cherokee Nation.”

I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future and then work to make sure that that vision becomes a reality.

Which sentence best integrates a direct quotation from the excerpt?

A) The most important action the Cherokee people must take is to “articulate our own vision of the future. (2)”

B) According to Mankiller, the path forward needs to start with people being able to “articulate our own vision. (2)”

C) In Mankiller’s view, it’s most important that Cherokee people “believe in ourselves enough to think that we can articulate our own vision of the future (2).”

D) Mankiller says that the Cherokee people must trust themselves enough to “articulate their own visions and work to make sure those visions become a reality.” (2).