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When I left politics in the early Eighties and started writing and recording, my idea was that I could have an influence further down into other generations. That Natives could come into the culture through arts and music.
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My influences in this world have always been Crazy Horse and Malcolm X, my overall influences. But I was influenced by rock n' roll, blues, and country music. I was influenced by singers.
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One Earth, one mother - one does not sell the Earth.
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I have experienced within my own lifetime the attack of my winter camp and the killing of the women and children. It left me even angrier than I was - and I was never too calm to begin with.
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I am just a human being trying to make it in a world that is rapidly losing its understanding of being human.
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Because we are all of an oral tradition in our beginning histories, the voice of the poet in this particular society will be heard.
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I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere.
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I have a real interest in working with younger Native artists. I think it's a very important way for Native people to communicate the realities of our culture and remember our ancestors.
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I find there is room in music to talk with music. It may expand ways people can participate with music. It doesn't sound hokey or like some kind of voice-over.
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