To our way of thinking the Indians' symbol is the circle, the hoop. Nature wants to be round. The bodies of human beings and animals have no corners. With us, the circle stands for togetherness of people who sit with… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share Image
If this earth should ever be destroyed, it will be by desire, by the lust of pleasure and self-gratification, by greed of the green… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
To our way of thinking the Indians' symbol is the circle, the hoop. Nature wants to be round. The bodies of human beings and… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a split-level suburban… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
You can pray for whatever you want, but it is always best to pray for others, not for yourself. — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful. — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power. — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
Our beliefs are rooted deep in our earth, no matter what you have done to it and how much of it you have paved… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan, the holy air, which renews all by its… — John Fire Lame Deer Copy Share
