84 Quotes by Winona LaDuke

It is essential to collectively struggle to recover our status as Daughters of the Earth. In that is our strength, and the security, not in the predator, but in the security of our Mother, for our future generations. In that we can insure our security as the Mothers of our Nations.

There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.

Water is life. We are the people who live by the water. Pray by these waters. Travel by the waters. Eat and drink from these waters. We are related to those who live in the water. To poison the waters is to show disrespect for creation. To honor and protect the waters is our responsibility as people of the land.

The only compensation for land is land,

The difference between a white man and an Indian is this- A white man wants to leave money to his children. An Indian wants to leave forests.

Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.

In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures.

If we build a society based on honoring the earth, we build a society which is sustainable, and has the capacity to support all life forms.

We are a part of everything that is beneath us, above us, and around us. Our past is our present, our present is our future, and our future is seven generations past and present.