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

Everybody likes to have a place to think, to meditate, to eat a burrito.

We Indians really should be better liars, considering how often we've been lied to.

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.

The ordinary can be like medicine.

When a glass sits on a table here, people don't wonder if it's half filled or half empty. They just hope it's good beer.

Well, as a native, as a colonized people you do live in the in between. The thing is I'm native. But necessarily because I'm a member of the country, I'm also a White American.