An awareness reached across America that if Native American people had to resort to arms at Wounded Knee, there must really be something wrong. — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
What we did in the 1960s and early 1970s was raise the consciousness of white America that this government has a responsibility to Indian people. That there are treaties; that textbooks in every school in America have a responsibility to… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
That's what I'm doing. I'm trying to follow what I want to do as my dream. How do I become independent from everybody else? — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother Earth — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
It was like a complicit - there was complicity between the churches and the state in taking care of the 'Indian problem,' solving the… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that all humankind… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways. — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
When we arrived in Japan in 1988, we were not prepared for the overwhelming support shown to us. — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow. — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
It feels like now I - you know, I'm almost 80 years old - I can sit back and retire, you know, and say,… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
