“If you have heard truths to offer up to someone, make sure the voice is soft, the language is beautiful, and protect the dignity of the other. When the storm clears, make sure you all see sunshine.” WarPeaceArgumentPearls Of WisdomResolutionNative American Author:Lee Maracle
“I think the arts has great potential to create citizens. Citizenship is about the direction your imagination travels. We can't plan or calculate or examine citizenship; it's an imagined thing. Community is an imagined thing. And if your imagination isn't working - and, of course, in oppressed people that's the first thing that goes - you can't imagine anything better. Once you can imagine something different, something better, then you're on your way.” PeopleIfsThinkingWayFirstsArtDifferentCoursesCommunityImaginationImaginePlansCitizensOppressedCitizenshipSomething Better Author:Lee Maracle
“Where do you begin telling someone their world is not the only one?” World Book:Ravensong—A Novel Source: Ravensong—A Novel
“My activism has to do with my conscience; I cannot let certain things slide without doing something. My public speaking is part of an art form that is cultural.” ArtFormCertainConscienceActivismSlidesPublic Speaking Author:Lee Maracle
“On the one hand, the reality is dire, on the other, reality is always false, it is a mask covering what is coming up underneath.” HandsRealityMaskCovering Author:Lee Maracle
“There is a direct connection between violence against the Earth and violence against women.” EarthViolenceDirectConnectionsNative AmericanViolence Against WomenAboriginal Author:Lee Maracle
