John Fire Lame Deer

If this earth should ever be destroyed, it will be by desire, by the lust of pleasure and self-gratification, by greed of…

— John Fire Lame Deer

We all come from the same root, but the leaves are all different.

— John Fire Lame Deer

To our way of thinking the Indians' symbol is the circle, the hoop. Nature wants to be round. The bodies of human…

— John Fire Lame Deer

We have a new joke on the reservation: 'What is cultural deprivation?' Answer: 'Being an upper-middle class white kid living in a…

— John Fire Lame Deer

You can pray for whatever you want, but it is always best to pray for others, not for yourself.

— John Fire Lame Deer

Love is something that you can leave behind you when you die. It's that powerful.

— John Fire Lame Deer

Laughter - that is something very sacred especially for us Indians.

— John Fire Lame Deer

Men cannot live without mystery. He has a great need of it.

— John Fire Lame Deer

Tell the people not to cry. Tell them to be happy.

— John Fire Lame Deer

If nature puts a burden on a man by making him different, it also gives him a power.

— John Fire Lame Deer

Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar,

— John Fire Lame Deer

Our beliefs are rooted deep in our earth, no matter what you have done to it and how much of it you…

— John Fire Lame Deer

When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive…

— John Fire Lame Deer

Listen to the air. You can hear it, feel it, smell it, taste it. Woniya wakan, the holy air, which renews all…

— John Fire Lame Deer