Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do ….

Negative thoughts were treated by Cherokee healers with the same medicines as wounds, headaches, or physical illness. It was believed that unchecked ….

Look forward. Turn what has been done into a better path..

Recognizing the good, not just in one's own personal circumstances, but in the world, makes anything possible. When I am asked about the important ch….

If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not..

Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future..

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the ….

I learned a long time ago that I can't control the challenges the creator sends my way, but I can control the way I think about them and deal with th….

Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by strong Indian women before me..

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up..

Friends describe me as someone who likes to sing and dance along the edge of the roof. I try to encourage young women to be willing to take risks, to….

Though many non-Native Americans have learned very little about us, over time we have had to learn everything about them. We watch their films, read ….

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian..

Western movies always seemed to show Indian women washing clothes at the creek and men with a tomahawk or spear in their hands, adorned with lots of ….

Growth is a painful process. If we’re ever going to collectively begin to grapple with the problems that we have collectively, we’re going to have t….

Take care how you place your moccasins upon the Earth, step with care, for the faces of the future generations are looking up from the Earth waiting ….

Women in leadership roles can help restore balance and wholeness to our communities..

I think the most important issue we have as a people is what we started, and that is to begin to trust our own thinking again and belive in ourselves….

An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess..

Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure o….

The happiest people I've ever met, regardless of their profession, their social standing, or their economic status, are people that are fully engaged….