The best teachers have shown me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly - we only think it does..

There are many people who could claim and learn from their Indian ancestry, but because of the fear their parents and grandparents knew, because of p….

It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks….

Knowledge is easy to come by. Understanding what you know takes much longer..

As long as we can remember them, our families will always be with us..

Never think that war is a good thing, grandchildren. Though it may be necessary at times to defend our people, war is a sickness that must be cured. ….

Kill every enemy twice, Wilky said. Better than gettin' shot by a soldier pretending to be dead..

We need to walk to know sacred places, those around us and those within. We need to walk to remember the songs..

Strong words outlast the paper they are written upon..

A story is a burden which must be carried with as much care as we carry a sleeping child.

Do we make ourselves into what we become or is it built into our genes, into the fate spun for us by whatever shapes events?.

A journal is a very personal thing. As far as possible, to write this sort of book you need to know and feel your character as a person and then put ….

If it wasn't for good," my mother says, "we human beings would have been wiped out a long time ago. Either the monsters would have gotten us or we wo….

When the Lakota leader Sitting Bull was asked by a white reporter why his people loved and respected him, Sitting Bull replied by asking if it was no….

Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American Indian cultures….

The best teachers have showed me that things have to be done bit by bit. Nothing that means anything happens quickly--we only think it does. The moti….

Another of the hard things about being in a war, grandchildren, is that although there are times of quiet when the fighting has stopped, you know you….

One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when the time is right. As an Ono….

Guilt can make you doubt yourself at the very moment when you need to proceed with certainty..

There is a kind of certainty that seems to characterize Jared Smith's best work, an understanding about place and the flow of spirit that makes you t….