The United States Is A Fake Country.

I Don't Want To Be Remembered As An Activist; I Want To Be Remembered As An American Indian Patriot.

Children In Poverty Aren't Trying To Get Out Of Poverty; They're Just Trying To Rip Off A Pair Of Nikes. So We Indian People Are A Microcosm Of What's Happening In America. We Are Now Consumers, And Our Culture Has Gone.

Being An Indian Means Living With The Land. And The Only Way We'll Be Able To Do That Is To Gain Our Freedom.

[the Is] A Mistaken Belief That [the Word Indian] Refers Somehow To The Country, India. When Columbus Washed Up On The Beach In The Caribbean, He Was Not Looking For A Country Called India. Europeans Were Calling That Country Hindustan In 1492.... Columbus Called The Tribal People He Met "indio," From The Italian In Dio, Meaning "in God."

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.