--- title: "4 Indigenous Quotes By Winona LaDuke" description: "4 Indigenous quotes by Winona LaDuke. Plus more from Winona LaDuke and more Indigenous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/911/winona-laduke-9240_activists_i-think-of-some-of-my-friends-who-have-p_845099.png" --- > [I think of some of my friends who have passed to the spirit world but are who here with me when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/i-think-of-some-of-my-friends-who-have-passed-to-the-spirit-world-but/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/911/winona-laduke-9240_activists_i-think-of-some-of-my-friends-who-have-p_845099.png) > [Food sovereignty is an affirmation of who we are as indigenous peoples and a way, one of the most surefooted ways, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/food-sovereignty-is-an-affirmation-of-who-we-are-as-indigenous/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/winona-laduke-9240_affirmation_food-sovereignty-is-an-affirmation-of-wh_1129361.png) > [Native people - about two-thirds of the uranium in the United States is on indigenous lands. On a worldwide scale, about 70…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/native-people-about-two-thirds-of-the-uranium-in-the-united-states-is/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f5/winona-laduke-9240_aboriginal_native-people-about-two-thirds-of-the-ur_1183506.png) > [The idea is the least labor and capital and resources you put together and the more you accumulate the better capitalist you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/the-idea-is-the-least-labor-and-capital-and-resources-you-put/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/879/winona-laduke-9240_accumulation_the-idea-is-the-least-labor-and-capital_2646460.png) ## Other authors on Indigenous - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rigoberta-menchu-79161.jpg) Rigoberta Menchu 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rigoberta-menchu/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-evo-morales-34390.jpg) Evo Morales 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/evo-morales/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/noam-chomsky/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-fraser-62853.jpg) Malcolm Fraser 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/malcolm-fraser/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-adamson-77772.jpg) Rebecca Adamson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rebecca-adamson/) - [Perry Bellegarde 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/perry-bellegarde/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-patty-mills-6365.jpg) Patty Mills 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/patty-mills/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-lily-gladstone-6158.jpg) Lily Gladstone 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/lily-gladstone/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-rudd-56900.jpg) Kevin Rudd 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/kevin-rudd/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sandra-cisneros-82933.jpg) Sandra Cisneros 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/sandra-cisneros/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roxanne-dunbarortiz-81448.jpg) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/) - [Jackie Huggins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/jackie-huggins/) ## More by Winona LaDuke > [I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/i-m-harvard-educated-i-m-an-economist-by-training-i-m-an-author-a/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/what-our-seventh-generation-will-have-is-a-consequence-of-our-actions/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [I used to go to some Harvard parties with my athlete friends, and they would introduce me as 'Winona, the Indian activist.' It made…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/i-used-to-go-to-some-harvard-parties-with-my-athlete-friends-and-they/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [The reality is, is that the military is full of native nomenclature. That's what we would call it. You've got Black Hawk helicopters, Apache…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/the-reality-is-is-that-the-military-is-full-of-native-nomenclature/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [Now that I think about it, I was arrested in 1992. Some people may think of that as a bad thing, but I feel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/now-that-i-think-about-it-i-was-arrested-in-1992-some-people-may/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/in-the-time-of-the-sacred-sites-and-the-crashing-of-ecosystems-and/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [The military is the largest polluter in the country, and so you have a lot of military waste contaminating reservations - as, for example,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/the-military-is-the-largest-polluter-in-the-country-and-so-you-have-a/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [The essence of the problem is about consumption, recognizing that a society that consumes one-third of the world's resources is unsustainable. This level of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/the-essence-of-the-problem-is-about-consumption-recognizing-that-a/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [The reality is that the founding fathers were land speculators. The fact was that you couldn't vote in this country if you did not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/the-reality-is-that-the-founding-fathers-were-land-speculators-the/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [“The question of socialism or communism or capitalism or between the left and right – I think the important question is between the industrial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/the-question-of-socialism-or-communism-or-capitalism-or-between-the/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [The first thing I am is a person. I am a woman. And I am part of a nation, the Indian nation. But people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/the-first-thing-i-am-is-a-person-i-am-a-woman-and-i-am-part-of-a/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/food-for-us-comes-from-our-relatives-whether-they-have-wings-or-fins/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/mother-earth-needs-us-to-keep-our-covenant-we-will-do-this-in-courts/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [I think of some of my friends who have passed to the spirit world but are who here with me when I go to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/i-think-of-some-of-my-friends-who-have-passed-to-the-spirit-world-but/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) > [If we moved from industrialized agriculture to re-localized organic agriculture, we could sequester about one quarter of the carbon moving into the air and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/if-we-moved-from-industrialized-agriculture-to-re-localized-organic/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/winona-laduke/#itemlist", "name": "4 Indigenous Quotes By Winona LaDuke", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I think of some of my friends who have passed to the spirit world but are who here with me when I go to events and when I walk in my own community. 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