Gary Michaels

Welcome to Let's Talk Legacy. I'm your host, Gary Michaels. And today we have a wonderful guest, Debra Yates. She's an official member of the Cherokee Nation, has written a book, Woman of Many Names, about an important woman in Native American history, Nancy Ward. So let's dig in here. And the story behind how this book came about is very interesting.

Welcome to Let's Talk Legacy. I'm your host, Gary Michaels. And today we have a wonderful guest, Debra Yates. She's an official member of the Cherokee Nation, has written a book, Woman of Many Names, about an important woman in Native American history, Nancy Ward. So let's dig in here. And the story behind how this book came about is very interesting.

You weren't really even intending to write a book at all. Can you tell us what you were doing before and how this whole thing came together?

You weren't really even intending to write a book at all. Can you tell us what you were doing before and how this whole thing came together?

So tell us a little bit about Nancy Ward, when she lived, what the state of the Cherokee Nation was doing during that time and how she was seen amongst her contemporaries.

So tell us a little bit about Nancy Ward, when she lived, what the state of the Cherokee Nation was doing during that time and how she was seen amongst her contemporaries.

So she had ties with Daniel Boone? Oh, yes.

So she had ties with Daniel Boone? Oh, yes.

But she was connected with all these presidents and famous people. How did she get that much stature?

But she was connected with all these presidents and famous people. How did she get that much stature?

Well, it's rumored that she even once saved Washington's life. Tell me about that.

Well, it's rumored that she even once saved Washington's life. Tell me about that.

We're told that there's even a connection between Nancy and the King of England.

We're told that there's even a connection between Nancy and the King of England.

Just there was so many ties to so many people that she knew and had an effect on. You know, our company, Southwestern Legacy Insurance Group, we're headquartered in Tennessee. And there's a connection between Nancy and the state of Tennessee also, isn't there?

Just there was so many ties to so many people that she knew and had an effect on. You know, our company, Southwestern Legacy Insurance Group, we're headquartered in Tennessee. And there's a connection between Nancy and the state of Tennessee also, isn't there?

That is a small world. So what, you know, the name of our show is Let's Talk Legacy. But legacy is just a big, important part to us about what are you leaving behind for future generations and memories and everything about legacy. What does legacy mean to you? I can see that the way you tell this story, you have so much passion.

That is a small world. So what, you know, the name of our show is Let's Talk Legacy. But legacy is just a big, important part to us about what are you leaving behind for future generations and memories and everything about legacy. What does legacy mean to you? I can see that the way you tell this story, you have so much passion.

And to know the facts and names and stories of things that happened 200, 300, 400 years ago,

And to know the facts and names and stories of things that happened 200, 300, 400 years ago,