If we build a society based on honoring the earth, we build a society which is sustainable, and has the capacity to support all life forms.

The only compensation for land is land.

I see a lot of damage to Mother Earth. I see water being taken from creeks where water belongs to animals, not to oil companies.

The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world's resources is unsustainable. This level of consumption requires constant intervention into other people's lands. That's what's going on.

In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures.

You've got to get people to believe that change is possible... You have to show that you can fight things successfully even if you don't win.

There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.