"We Indians do not teach that there is……" — Russell Means
"We Indians do not teach that there is only one god. We know that everything has power, including the most inanimate, inconsequential things. Stones have power. A blade of grass has power. Trees and clouds and all our relatives in the insect and animal world have power. We believe we must respect that power by acknowledging it's presence. By honoring the power of the spirits in that way, it becomes our power as well. It protects us."
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33 Quotes by Russell Means
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Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young…
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[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on…
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What the American Indian Movement says is that the American Indians are the Palestinians of the United States, and the…
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You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm…
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It’s just unconscionable that America has become so stupid.
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All European tradition, Marxism included, has conspired to defy the natural order of all things. Mother Earth has been abused,…
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Let me go to Clinton's new proposal: to have uniforms in public schools. And people are doing that. How come…
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The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct.
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If you learn from an experience, that's good - so nothing bad happened to you.
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May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones.
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They don't understand that a slice of the pie isn't the whole pie - but they wonder why they are…
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Hollywood hasn't changed. It is the most racist, anti-Indian institution in the world.
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