--- title: "1 Paths Quotes By Winona LaDuke" description: "1 Paths quotes by Winona LaDuke. Plus more from Winona LaDuke and more Paths sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/winona-laduke-9240_between_ojibwe-prophecy-speaks-of-a-time-during_3118618.png" --- > [Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. The first path is well-worn and scorched. The second path is new and green. It is our choice as communities…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/ojibwe-prophecy-speaks-of-a-time-during-the-seventh-fire-when-our/) [Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/074/winona-laduke-9240_between_ojibwe-prophecy-speaks-of-a-time-during_3118618.png) ## Other authors on Paths ## 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/paths/winona-laduke/#itemlist", "name": "1 Paths Quotes By Winona LaDuke", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. 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