Children In Poverty Aren't Trying To Get

America Always Put Forth This Phony Melting Pot Theory, But It's A Reality Now. They Couldn't Accomplish The Melting Pot Economically; They Couldn't Accomplish It Politically, Or Through Education And Science. But America Has Become A Consumer Society, And I See Young People In The Cities - Of All Colors And Races - Hanging Out Together Over Consumerism.

Golden Eagles Don`t Mate With Bald Eagles, Deer Don`t Mate With Antelope, Gray Wolves Don`t Mate With Red Wolves. Just Look At Domesticated Animals, At Mongrel Dogs, And Mixed Breed Horses, And You`ll Know The Great Mystery Didn`t Intend Them To Be That Way. We Weakened The Species And Introduced Disease By Mixing What Should Be Kept Seperate. Among Humans, Intermarriage Weakens The Respect People Have For Themselves And For Their Traditions. It Undermines Clarity Of Spirit And Mind.

Young People And Indian People Need To Know That We Existed In The 20th Century. We Need To Know Who Our Heroes Are And To Know What We Have Done And Accomplished In This Century Other Than What Olympic Athletes Jim Thorpe And Billy Mills Have Done.

I Tell The Truth, And I Expose Myself As A Weak, Misguided, Misdirected, Dysfunctional Human Being I Used To Be.

I've Always Considered Myself A Man Of Integrity As A Leader Of The American Indian Movement And Of Indian People. I Will Stand That Test Against Anyone At Anytime, Anywhere.