I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.

Golden eagles don`t mate with bald eagles, deer don`t mate with antelope, gray wolves don`t mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals, at mongrel dogs, and mixed breed horses, and you`ll know the Great Mystery didn`t intend them to be that way. We weakened the species and introduced disease by mixing what should be kept seperate. Among humans, intermarriage weakens the respect people have for themselves and for their traditions. It undermines clarity of spirit and mind.

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

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

Colonialism has completed the destruction of the American Indian in the United States - the cultural destruction.

Freedom is for everyone, whatever lifestyle they choose, as long as it's peaceful and honest

If you learn from an experience, that's good - so nothing bad happened to you.