Another thing is, people lose perspective. It is a cultural trait in America to think in terms of very short time periods. My advice is: learn histor….

Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with chemical warfare doesn….

One of our people in the Native community said the difference between white people and Indians is that Indian people know they are oppressed but don’….

Across the continent, on the shores of small tributaries, in the shadows of sacred mountains, on the vast expanse of the prairies, or in the safety o….

Water is life. We are the people who live by the water. Pray by these waters. Travel by the waters. Eat and drink from these waters. We are related t….

Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. The first path is well worn and scorch….

I find that I have more allies on the left than on the right, and that is because the left is, by and large, filled with people who are challenging t….

We are a part of everything that is beneath us, above us, and around us. Our past is our present, our present is our future, and our future is seven ….

The difference between a white man and an Indian is this- A white man wants to leave money to his children. An Indian wants to leave forests..

What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time..

I would like to see as many people patriotic to a land as I have seen patriotic to a flag..

In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been resp….

It is essential to collectively struggle to recover our status as Daughters of the Earth. In that is our strength, and the security, not in the preda….

There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals..

The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world's resources is unsustainable. This l….

We must keep these waters for wild rice, these trees for maple syrup, our lakes for fish, and our land and aquifers for all of our relatives - whethe….

The reality is that the founding fathers were land speculators. The fact was that you couldn't vote in this country if you did not own land, and that….

Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank..

What gives these corporations like CONOCO, SHELL, EXXON, DIASHAWA, ITT, RIO TINTO ZINC, and the WORLD BANK a right which supercedes or is superior to….

It's time to transition beyond our fossil fuel addiction to a just economy based on green jobs, renewable energy, and local organic food..

Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in ….