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"You can't talk about the environment, you can't talk about political correctness, affirmative action and all the other innumerable things that freedom is about, unless you have a free society based upon the integrity of the individual. If you have a responsible society, these other issues will not come up in a responsible society, and that is what freedom is all about."
"They don't understand that a slice of the pie isn't the whole pie - but they wonder why they are always hungry"
"Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world."
"When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!"
"An oral society develops both sides of your brain, and the utilization of your brain is more complete than in a linear education module. The written word limits your brain capability by immediately focusing on one area. You don't have any peripheral vision. It immediately divorces you from the environment."
"True to your own ancestors, therefore true to yourself."
"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 American people have become more dependent on corporations."
"Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom."
"Young people and Indian people need to know that we existed in the 20th Century. We need to know who our heroes are and to know what we have done and accomplished in this century other than what Olympic athletes Jim Thorpe and Billy Mills have done."
"I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot."
"I never knew I was an artist until I did 'Last of the Mohicans'."
"I've always thought it was arrogant to write about yourself, particularly when you're still alive."
"Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of that spiritual process was and is to give away wealth, to discard wealth in order not to gain."
"The United States is a fake country."
"I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free markets where indigenous people are still surviving. And that's basically becoming limited."
"In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education."
"May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones."
"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 not allow people to come to terms with their feelings. With honesty and therapy, my people can be made whole again."
"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 churches can't support themselves, then take the hint and quit using our poverty for your direct mail solicitations."