Notable Quotes
We Need to Come Together
June 19, 2013We are living in a time when we all need to come together and help one another. The spirits say we need to learn to get along. — Nathan Chasing Horse, Lakota
Racism
June 14, 2013Racism is a disease in society. We’re all equal. I don’t care what their color is, or religion. As long as they’re human beings they’re my buddies. — Mandawuy Yunupingo, Yolngu musician
We Must Comprehend
June 12, 2013We must comprehend in each of our hearts and minds the two ways we human beings are free to follow, as we choose: the good way, the spiritual way —or the unnatural way, the material way. It’s our personal choice, our personal decision—each of ours and all of ours. — Chief Arvol Looking Horse, Keeper of the Sacred White Buffalo Calf Pipe, Sioux Nation
The Course of History
June 10, 2013In the course of history, there comes a time when humanity is called to shift to a new level of consciousness, to reach a higher moral ground. A time when we have to shed our fear and give hope to each other. That time is now. — Wangari Muta Maathi, Kikuyu political activist
Humankind
June 07, 2013Each of us is put here in this time and this place to personally decide the future of humankind. Did you think you were put here for something less? — Chief Arvol Looking Horse
Love Your Life
June 05, 2013Love your life, perfect your life, Beautify all things in your life. Seek to make your life long, and its purpose in the service of your people. — Chief Tecumseh
Know Your Language
June 03, 2013You've got to know your language to understand your culture. — Beatrice Taylor, Ojibwe
Close to Nature
May 31, 2013Indians living close to nature and nature's ruler are not living in darkness. — Walking Buffalo
Tribal Libraries
May 29, 2013Tribal libraries now serve as the educational hub of the reservations. They're just absolutely critical. — Bonnie Biggs
Peace
May 27, 2013Peace... comes within the souls of men when they realize their relationship, their oneness, with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the Universe dwells Wakan-Tanka, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us. — Black Elk