Everybody is sitting around saying, 'Well, jeez, we need somebody to solve this problem of bias.' That somebody is us. We all have to try to figure out a better way to get along.

Cows run away from the storm while the buffalo charges toward it - and gets through it quicker. Whenever I’m confronted with a tough challenge, I do not prolong the torment, I become the buffalo.

An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not possess.

Take care how you place your moccasins upon the Earth, step with care, for the faces of the future generations are looking up from the Earth waiting their turn for life.

The secret of our success is that we never, never give up.

If you argue with a fool, someone passing by will not be able to tell who is the fool and who is not.

Whoever controls the education of our children controls the future.

Remember that I am just a woman who is living a very abundant life. Every step I take forward is on a path paved by strong Indian women before me.

In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.

I don't think anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever controls the education of our children controls our future.

I've run into more discrimination as a woman than as an Indian.

It’s probably my job to tell you life isn’t fair, but I figure you already know that. So instead, I’ll tell you that hope is precious, and you’re right not to give up.

Spend the beautiful days of your life to someone you want to spend with until your last breath.

The shaman is a self-realized person. She discovers the ways of Spirit through her inner awakening.

I didn't kill innocent people.

You don't need to go all deep and meaningful and start talking about Daddies. It's yes or no answer.

I didn't really even think of recording under my own name for a long time. I thought, 'I've got the rest of my life to do that.'

A Conspiracy of silence speaks louder than words.

I don't know if I'm all that famous. When I first started my idea of what a career in fashion would look like is very different to the reality now.

I'm leaning towards making something for kids nine and under because I have kids now. I can clean it up and make it rated G.

Whenever government assumes to deliver us from the trouble of thinking for ourselves, the only consequences it produces are those of torpor and imbecility.