Look Forward. Turn What Has Been Done

Friends Describe Me As Someone Who Likes To Sing And Dance Along The Edge Of The Roof. I Try To Encourage Young Women To Be Willing To Take Risks, To Stand Up For The Things They Believe In, And To Step Up And Accept The Challenge Of Serving In Leadership Roles.

Though Many Non-native Americans Have Learned Very Little About Us, Over Time We Have Had To Learn Everything About Them. We Watch Their Films, Read Their Literature, Worship In Their Churches, And Attend Their Schools. Every Third-grade Student In The United States Is Presented With The Concept Of Europeans Discovering America As A "new World" With Fertile Soil, Abundant Gifts Of Nature, And Glorious Mountains And Rivers. Only The Most Enlightened Teachers Will Explain That This World Certainly Wasn't New To The Millions Of Indigenous People Who Already Lived Here When Columbus Arrived.

An Indian Is An Indian Regardless Of The Degree Of Indian Blood Or Which Little Government Card They Do Or Do Not Possess.

I've Run Into More Discrimination As A Woman Than As An Indian.

I Think The Most Important Issue We Have As A People Is What We Started, And That Is To Begin To Trust Our Own Thinking Again And Belive In Ourselves Enough To Think That We Can Articulate Our Own Vision Of The Future And Then Work To Make Sure That That Vision Becomes A Reality.