Editing Nancy Ward (section)

===Beloved Woman and diplomat===
For her actions at the Battle of Taliwa, the Cherokee awarded her the title of [[Ghigau|''Ghigau'' (or "Beloved Woman")]]. This made her the only female voting member of the Cherokee general council.<ref name=Calloway>{{cite book | last1=Calloway| first1=Colin G.| title=The American Revolution in Indian Country : Crisis and Diversity in Native American Communities |date=1998| publisher=Cambridge Univ. Press| location=Cambridge [u.a.]| isbn=9780521475693| edition=[Repr.]| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SQ0YG9ozB8C&pg=PA198}}</ref><ref name="Nancy Ward" /> She was also named the leader of the women's clan council that authorized her to become an ambassador and negotiator for all her people.<ref name=EB>{{cite web | title=Nancy Ward Native American leader| website=Encyclopædia Britannica| url=http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/635787/Nancy-Ward}}</ref>

Nanye'hi became a ''[[de facto]]'' ambassador between the Cherokee and the British and European Americans. She had learned the art of [[diplomacy]] from her maternal uncle, the influential chief ''[[Attakullakulla]]'' ("Little Carpenter").<ref name=James>{{cite book | last1=James| first1=Edward T.| last2=James| first2=Janet Wilson| last3=Boyer| first3=Paul S.| title=Notable American Women, 1607–1950 : A Biographical Dictionary| date=1974| publisher=Belknap Press of Harvard University Press.| location=Cambridge, Mass.| isbn=978-0674627345| edition=3rd print.| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=rVLOhGt1BX0C&pg=RA2-PA542}}</ref> In 1781, she was among the Cherokee leaders who met with an American delegation led by [[John Sevier]], to discuss American settlements along the [[Little Pigeon River (Tennessee)|Little Pigeon River]] in Tennessee. Nanyehi expressed surprise that there were no women negotiators among the Americans. Sevier was equally astonished that the Cherokee had entrusted such important work to a woman.  Nanyehi reportedly told him, 
<blockquote>"You know that women are always looked upon as nothing; but we are your mothers; you are our sons. Our cry is all for peace; let it continue. This peace must last forever. Let your women's sons be ours; our sons be yours. Let your women hear our words."<ref name=Suzack>{{cite book | editor-last1=Suzack| editor-first1=Cheryl |title=Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture| date=2010| publisher=UBC Press| location=Vancouver| isbn=978-0774818087| page=43| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nzVpoB5KJs0C&pg=PA43}}</ref></blockquote>

An American observer said that her speech was very moving.