I Do Not Want To Be Civilized.

An Oral Society Develops Both Sides Of Your Brain, And The Utilization Of Your Brain Is More Complete Than In A Linear Education Module. The Written Word Limits Your Brain Capability By Immediately Focusing On One Area. You Don't Have Any Peripheral Vision. It Immediately Divorces You From The Environment.

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.

May The Great Mystery Continue To Guide And Protect The Paths Of You And Your Loved Ones.

Before Aim, Indians Were Dispirited, Defeated, And Culturally Dissolving. People Were Ashamed To Be Indian. You Didn't See The Young People Wearing Braids Or Chokers Or Ribbon Shirts In Those Days. Hell, I Didn't Wear 'em. People Didn't Sun Dance, They Didn't Sweat, They Were Losing Their Languages. Then There Was That Spark At Alcatraz, And We Took Off. Man, We Took A Ride Across This Country. We Put Indians And Indian Rights Smack Dab In The Middle Of The Public Consciousness For The First Time Since The So-called Indian Wars.

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.