We must keep these waters for wild rice, these trees for maple syrup, our lakes for fish, and our land and aquifers for all of our relatives - whether they have fins, roots, wings, or paws. — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
On my reservation, we had one of the most abundant fisheries in the world and hundreds of thousands of acres of wild rice beds. We've lost a lot of it, but there's still natural wealth that could support our communities. — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development. — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today. — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
I used to go to some Harvard parties with my athlete friends, and they would introduce me as 'Winona, the Indian activist.' It made… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
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… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
Now that I think about it, I was arrested in 1992. Some people may think of that as a bad thing, but I feel… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
The military is the largest polluter in the country, and so you have a lot of military waste contaminating reservations - as, for example,… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
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… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
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… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
“The question of socialism or communism or capitalism or between the left and right – I think the important question is between the industrial… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
The first thing I am is a person. I am a woman. And I am part of a nation, the Indian nation. But people… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
Food for us comes from our relatives, whether they have wings or fins or roots. That is how we consider food. Food has a… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
