Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people are a microcosm of what's happening in America. We are now consumers, and our culture has gone.

I find freedom to be the most important issue facing any human being today, because without freedom, then life is pointless. The more dependent you become on centralized power, the more easily you are lead around.

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

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

I never knew I was an artist until I did 'Last of the Mohicans'.

I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that test against anyone at anytime, anywhere.

I've always thought it was arrogant to write about yourself, particularly when you're still alive.