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If we build a society based on honoring the earth, we build a society which is sustainable, and has the capacity to support all life forms.
Winona LaDuke
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Winona LaDuke
Age: 65
Born: 1959
Born: August 18
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In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that has been responsible for doing everything in its power to destroy Native American cultures.
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Ojibwe prophecy speaks of a time during the seventh fire when our people will have a choice between two paths. The first path is well worn and scorched. The second path is new and green. It is our choice as communities and as individuals how we will proceed.
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Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank.
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What our Seventh Generation will have is a consequence of our actions today.
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I would like to see as many people patriotic to a land as I have seen patriotic to a flag.
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I’m not a patriot to a flag, I’m a patriot to a land.
Winona LaDuke
There is no social-change fairy. There is only change made by the hands of individuals.
Winona LaDuke
Our forests are not for toilet paper. They are worth more standing than cut. That deserves to be defended, not only by native peoples but also by environmentalists.
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It's time to respect the treaties our ancestors signed and care for our land, water, and cultures so that they remain healthy for our future generations.
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We are a part of everything that is beneath us, above us, and around us. Our past is our present, our present is our future, and our future is seven generations past and present.
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In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered.
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Mother Earth needs us to keep our covenant. We will do this in courts, we will do this on our radio station, and we will commit to our descendants to work hard to protect this land and water for them. Whether you have feet, wings, fins, or roots, we are all in it together.
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The only compensation for land is land.
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You've got to get people to believe that change is possible... You have to show that you can fight things successfully even if you don't win.
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Power is not brute force and money power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth it is in your relationship to the earth.
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Water is life. We are the people who live by the water. Pray by these waters. Travel by the waters. Eat and drink from these waters. We are related to those who live in the water. To poison the waters is to show disrespect for creation. To honor and protect the waters is our responsibility as people of the land.
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What gives these corporations like CONOCO, SHELL, EXXON, DIASHAWA, ITT, RIO TINTO ZINC, and the WORLD BANK a right which supercedes or is superior to my human right to live on my land, or that of my family, my community, my nation, our nations, and to us as women?
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 food.
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Native people - about two-thirds of the uranium in the United States is on indigenous lands. On a worldwide scale, about 70 percent of the uranium is either in Aboriginal lands in Australia or up in the Subarctic of Canada, where native people are still fighting uranium mining.
Winona LaDuke
What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time.
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