Occupation: Activist Birth: November 10, 1939 Death: October 22, 2012
Indian people are relics; we do not exist in the present..
It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can only come from the traditio….
[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the Caribbean, he was….
I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot..
I do not want to be civilized. I want to be liberated..
It’s just unconscionable that America has become so stupid..
The United States is a fake country..
Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest.
Golden eagles don`t mate with bald eagles, deer don`t mate with antelope, gray wolves don`t mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals, ….
I say to the Christians and to every missionary on the reservations, you're welcome to have a church here if you can support yourself. But if these c….
I had often wondered how to best decolonize my people... It must be done one human being at a time. Without that kind of help, Western society does n….
You can't talk about the environment, you can't talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedo….
What the American Indian Movement says is that the American Indians are the Palestinians of the United States, and the Palestinians are the American ….
I've always thought it was arrogant to write about yourself, particularly when you're still alive..
When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!.
The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct..
So Indian policy has become institutionalized and the result has been that American people have become more dependent on government and that the Amer….
I find freedom to be the most important issue facing any human being today, because without freedom, then life is pointless. The more dependent you b….
I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that test against any….
'Indian policy' has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century..
Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing b….