I Had Often Wondered How To Best

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.

We Indians Do Not Teach That There Is Only One God. We Know That Everything Has Power, Including The Most Inanimate, Inconsequential Things. Stones Have Power. A Blade Of Grass Has Power. Trees And Clouds And All Our Relatives In The Insect And Animal World Have Power. We Believe We Must Respect That Power By Acknowledging It's Presence. By Honoring The Power Of The Spirits In That Way, It Becomes Our Power As Well. It Protects Us.

Freedom Is For Everyone, Whatever Lifestyle They Choose, As Long As It's Peaceful And Honest

[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."

I Never Knew I Was An Artist Until I Did 'last Of The Mohicans'.