The only way you can be free is to know is that you are worthwhile as a distinct human being.

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.

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.

America always put forth this phony melting pot theory, but it's a reality now. They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish it politically, or through education and science. But America has become a consumer society, and I see young people in the cities - of all colors and races - hanging out together over consumerism.

May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones.

Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world.

Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.