“If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved their economic situation in some form. And this has been brought about by their aggressive assertion of their sovereign treaty rights.” IfsLooksHas BeensFormSituationRightsEconomicNativeStatisticsAggressiveNative AmericanSovereignTribesAssertionTreaties Author:Leonard Peltier
“There is probably a high percentage of Native Americans as well as non-Indians who feel that participating in this greater American economy that you mentioned is and has become a recipe for disaster in the long term, because the response to social and environmental problems has been responded to with a drug mentality, which is to say, anything for the quick fix. And it has trained the public to always believe they are one purchase away from happiness.” FeelsBelieveWellsLongHas BeensProblemSocialTermEconomyGreaterDrugResponseEnvironmentalDisasterLong TermNativeMentalityNative AmericanSay AnythingRecipesPercentagesAlways BelieveParticipatingAmerican EconomyEnvironmental ProblemsQuick Fixes Author:Leonard Peltier
“United States Government needs to acknowledge and respect our sovereignty, treaties, traditional Native American values, and our human rights as a people, which under the law as written we deserve, and which should be protected.” PeopleNeedsShouldHumansStatesGovernmentLawValuesUnitedUnited StatesRightsWrittenDeserveHuman RightsTraditionalAcknowledgeNativeProtectedNative AmericanSovereigntyTreatiesState GovernmentAmerican ValuesUnited States Government Author:Leonard Peltier
“Silence,they say,is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is the message,just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you are ring out and resonate in every word and deed. Yes,become who you are. There's no sidestepping your own being or your own responsibility. What you do is who you are. You are your own comeuppance. You become your own message. You are the message. In the Spirit of Crazy Horse.” SpiritVoiceSilenceResponsibilityImpossibleCrazyMessagesHorseWho You AreDeedsRingsNativeScreamNative AmericanSilence IsDoing NothingComplicityComeuppanceCrazy Horse Book:Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance Source: Prison Writings: My Life Is My Sun Dance
“To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin to look upon one another with respect and tolerance instead of prejudice, distrust and hatred. We will have to teach our children-as well as ourselves-to love the diversity of humanity....We can do it. Yes, you and I and all of us together. Now is the time. Now is the only possible time. Let the Great Healing begin.” WellsLooksHeartMeanChildrenRealTogetherTimeHumanityCan DoEffortHealingTeachDiversityRespectHatredPrejudiceOur ChildrenToleranceHealLook UpNative AmericanDistrustTeaching ChildrenCultural DiversityChange Of HeartHeal The World Author:Leonard Peltier
“No human being should ever have to fear for his own life because of political or religious beliefs. We are all in this together, my friends, the rich, the poor, the red, white, black, brown and yellow. We share responsibility for Mother Earth and those who live and breathe upon her ..never forget that.” InspirationalShouldHumansEarthTogetherPoliticalMotherBeliefFearBlackReligiousHuman BeingsWhiteForgetPoorResponsibilityRichShareMy FriendsRedBreatheBrownNever ForgetYellowNative AmericanMother EarthMother NatureReligious Belief Author:Leonard Peltier
