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.

I would like to see as many people patriotic to a land as I have seen patriotic to a flag.

Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. The first path is well worn and scorched. The second path is new and green. It is our choice as communities and as individuals how we will proceed.

Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together.

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.

What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today.

I’m not a patriot to a flag, I’m a patriot to a land.