We are the women of daylight; of clocks and steel foundries, of drugstores and streetlights, of superhighways that slice our days in two. Our dreams are pale memories of themselves, and nagging doubt is the false measure of our days.

An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.

My mother told me stories all the time... And in all of those stories she told me who I was, who I was supposed to be, whom I came from, and who would follow me... That's what she said and what she showed me in the things she did and the way she lives.

Hoop Dancer is a rendering of my understanding of the process by which one enters into timelessness -- that place where one is whole.

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

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

There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and all social institutions reflected this attitude. Even modern sayings, such as the Cheyenne statement that a people is not conquered until the hearts of the women are on the ground, express the Indians understanding that without the power of woman the people will not live, but with it, they will endure and prosper.