In writing about leadership in the American Indian Nations:

…anyone can begin to tell the story in new ways. Ideally, the process will involve elected leadership; after all, elected leaders usually hold positions of influence and may be able to make things happen quickly. But seizing the future can begin anywhere in the community, and anyone can be a leader in that position. ~Steven Cornell, Miriam Joprgensen, Joseph P. Kalt and Kathertine Spilde Contreras – “Seizing the Future,” in Rebuilding Native Nations, ed. Mirian Morgensen