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…

- Winona Laduke

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’…

- Winona Laduke

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…

- Winona Laduke

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 …

- Winona Laduke

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.

- Winona Laduke

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

- Winona Laduke

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…

- Winona Laduke

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.

- Winona Laduke

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…

- Winona Laduke