What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks.

Risk discomfort and solitude for understanding.

To have that powder blown up your nose is rather like being shot out of a rifle barrel lined with Baroque paintings and landing on a sea of electricity.

Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in the development of highly specialized peripheral skills. but those choices in turn spring from a comprehensive view of nature and the universe in which man and woman are perceived as but elements inextricably linked to the whole.

You know, once something freezes, it's solid. That's the key to the arctic - they didn't fear the cold, they made use of it.

All cultures through all time have constantly been engaged in a dance with new possibilities for life. Change is the one constant in human history.

So be patient. Do not compromise. And give your destiny time to find you.