The ordinary can be like medicine.

I think all of us are always five years old in the presence and absence of our parents.

That's right, I am a book kisser.

When it comes to death, we know that laughter and tears are pretty much the same thing.

He made me realize that hard work--that the act of finishing, of completing, of accomplishing a task--is joyous

In high school I dated a white woman. She would come to visit me on the rez. And her dad, who was very racist, didn't like that at all. And he told her one time, 'You shouldn't go on the rez if you're white because Indians have a lot of anger in their heart.'

I am extremely conscious of my tribalism. And when you talk about tribalism, you talk about living in a black and white world. I mean, Native American tribalism sovereignty, even the political fight for sovereignty and cultural sovereignty is a very us versus them. And I think a lot of people in this country, especially European Americans and those descended from Europeans don't see themselves as tribal.