Winona LaDuke

The insecticides kill the black flies, but also destroy much of the food chain for the bird, fish, and animal life which…

— Winona LaDuke

Oil is drowning our oceans and drowning our boreal forests.

— Winona LaDuke

We filed a constitutional rights lawsuit on my reservation, and I had to go out and interview all these old people. And…

— Winona LaDuke

When I first came to Harvard, I thought to myself, 'What kind of an Indian am I?' because I did not grow…

— Winona LaDuke

Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.

— Winona LaDuke

We must keep these waters for wild rice, these trees for maple syrup, our lakes for fish, and our land and aquifers…

— Winona LaDuke

Post office closures in the Dakotas and Minnesota will impact many communities, but the White Earth reservation villages, and other tribal towns…

— Winona LaDuke

What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to…

— Winona LaDuke

America is so accustomed to some depiction of native people that is entirely racist, and there's a perception that that is okay.

— Winona LaDuke

In most of America, it seems you don't matter if you're not between 25 and 50.

— Winona LaDuke

Spirituality is the foundation of all my political work.

— Winona LaDuke

The United States - you know, native people are large landowners, but the military has a huge chunk of our territories. And…

— Winona LaDuke

We are a part of everything that is beneath us, above us, and around us. Our past is our present, our present…

— Winona LaDuke

The United States, you know, people - one of the reasons that it is said that native people received citizenship in 1924…

— Winona LaDuke

It's time to transition beyond our fossil fuel addiction to a just economy based on green jobs, renewable energy, and local organic…

— Winona LaDuke

Across the continent, on the shores of small tributaries, in the shadows of sacred mountains, on the vast expanse of the prairies,…

— Winona LaDuke

Native communities are focal points for the excrement of industrial society.

— Winona LaDuke

Brothers and Sisters: Our ancient homeland is spotted today with an array of chemical dumps. Along the Niagara River, dioxin, a particularly…

— Winona LaDuke

Uranium mining in northern Canada has left over 120 million tons of radioactive waste. This amount represents enough material to cover the…

— Winona LaDuke

The aboriginal peoples of Australia illustrate the conflict between technology and the natural world succinctly, by asking, 'What will you do when…

— Winona LaDuke

I’m not a patriot to a flag, I’m a patriot to a land.

— Winona LaDuke

I wanted to get out of Ashland, and I thought it would be pretty cool to go to school in the East.…

— Winona LaDuke

I don’t understand all the nuances of the women’s movement. But I do understand that there are feminists who want to challenge…

— Winona LaDuke

It's time to respect the treaties our ancestors signed and care for our land, water, and cultures so that they remain healthy…

— Winona LaDuke

Actually, I consider myself to be pretty politically conservative.

— Winona LaDuke