In the native world, major gods come in trios, duos, and groups. It is the habit of non-natives to discover the supreme being, the one and only head god, a habit lent to them by monotheism.

Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation.

Healing the self means committing ourselves to a wholehearted willingness to be what and how we are-beings frail and fragile, strong and passionate, neurotic and balanced, diseased and whole, partial and complete, stingy and generous, twisted and straight, storm-tossed and quiescent, bound and free.

True shamans live in a world that is alive with what is to rationalist sight unseen, a world pulsing with intelligence.

The root of oppression is the loss of memory.

America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large part of its "dream" from Native Americans.

As long as we avoid the creative, we are condemned to reaction.