To our way of thinking the Indians' symbol is the circle, the hoop. Nature wants to be round. The bodies of human beings and animals have no corners.…

- John Fire Lame Deer

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburba…

- John Fire Lame Deer

We Sioux spend a lot of time thinking about everyday things which in our minds are mixed up with the spiritual. We see in the world around us many sy…

- John Fire Lame Deer

If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.

- John Fire Lame Deer

Tell the people not to cry. Tell them to be happy.

- John Fire Lame Deer

Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan, the holy air, which renews all by its breath. Woniya wakan, spirit, li…

- John Fire Lame Deer

Men cannot live without mystery. He has a great need of it.

- John Fire Lame Deer

We all come from the same root, but the leaves are all different.

- John Fire Lame Deer

Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.

- John Fire Lame Deer