Winona LaDuke

"Our resistance is joyful because we know another world is possible."

"The land calls us to remember who we really are."

"Economic growth at the expense of all else is insanity."

"We are the water keepers, the fire keepers, the earth keepers."

"The answer lies not in more technology but in more wisdom."

"Indigenous sovereignty is the key to planetary survival."

"We plant seeds knowing we may never see the harvest - this is faith."

"The dominant system is based on lies and extraction."

"Our medicines come from the land - and so does our healing."

"We must be the ancestors our descendants deserve."

"The revolution will not be funded by the system - it will be built by us."

"Land back is not charity - it is justice."

"We are all indigenous to somewhere."

"The corporate world dreams in English - we must dream in our own languages."

"Economic colonialism is alive and well in Indian Country."

"Our ceremonies teach us how to live in right relationship."

"The dominant culture is a suicide pact - we must refuse to sign."

"We are in the time of the seventh fire - the time of choosing."

"Every dollar spent on local food is a dollar taken from the industrial complex."

"Our stories of resistance are stories of love."

"The land will restore itself if we stop poisoning it."

"We are not victims - we are warriors and protectors."

"The future is not predetermined - we are making it right now."

"Intellectual property theft has stolen our plants and our knowledge."

"We must teach our children that they are part of nature, not separate from it."

"The oligarchs are afraid because they know their time is ending."

"Love is our most powerful weapon against an empire of extraction."

"We are the ones we have been waiting for."

"The earth does not need us to save it - we need the earth to save us."

"Our work is sacred because it serves all our relations."