SkyRank here with another episode of History Unplugged.

A Cherokee woman named Nanyahi, which means one who goes about, was born in the 1730s

in modern J-10s.

She stood out in an early age, at 17 she let her tribe to victory against the Greeks.

She eventually became the only female voting member of the Cherokee General Council.

Nanyahi later married Irish trader Bryant Ward and took the Anglicized name Nancy.

It's here she becomes one of the most important negotiators in diplomats in 18th century

North America, moving among the worlds of the American Indians, British and later Americans.

She was the negotiator of the sale of Kentucky for the Transylvania Company by Daniel Boone,

as well as savor to countless settlers and pioneers who helped form the course of American

history.

She advocated for coexistence with Europeans and Americans, and later in life spoke out

for Cherokee retention of tribal lands and tried to prevent the disaster of the trail of

the Cherokee.

Today's guest is Deborah Gates, author of Woman of Many Names.

Deborah is also the seventh great granddaughter of Nancy, and we discuss how, in addition to

being an incredible diplomat, we're all sorts of innovations to the Cherokee people, including

introducing new, loom-weeding techniques and how to successfully raise cows, being the

first to introduce the dairy industry to other people.

This is a fascinating figure from the 18th century that deserves to be better remembered

and I hope you enjoyed this discussion with Nancy Ward.

And one more thing before we get started with this episode, a quick break for work from

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