When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!

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

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.

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

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 do not want to be civilized. I want to be liberated.

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.