“What the Indians are saying is that they are recognizing the right of wilderness to be wilderness. Wilderness is not an extension of human need or of human justification. It is itself and it is inviolate, itself. This does not mean that, therefore, we become separated from it, because we don't. We stay connected if, once in our lives, we learn exactly what that connection is between our heart, our womb, our mind, and wilderness. And when each of us has her wilderness within her, we can be together in a balanced kind of way. The forever, we have that within us.” IfsWayNeedsMindHumansHeartKindMeanDoeTogetherNatureForeverOur LivesLandConnectionsConnectedWildernessBalancedJustificationExtensionsRecognizingWombHuman Needs Book:Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-busting Border-crossing Loose Canons Source: Off the Reservation: Reflections on Boundary-busting Border-crossing Loose Canons
“America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large part of its "dream" from Native Americans.” DoeDreamSeemsAmericaRememberValuesCultureWealthJusticeDiversitySocial JusticeMedicineNativeNative American Book:The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions Source: The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions
“In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow, he helps raise the kids, and he protects the people. His entire life is toward balance and cooperativeness. The ideal of manhood is the same as the ideal of womanhood. You are autonomous, self-directing, and responsible for the spiritual, social and material life of all those with whom you live.” PeopleIfsMenDoeSelfHelpingKidsSpiritualLife IsSocialGrowsMaterialsBalanceProtectAdultsIdealsTraditionResponsibleRaisesNativeMatureRitualNative AmericanNurtureWomanhoodManhoodAutonomousAmerican Tradition Author:Paula Gunn Allen
