Winona LaDuke

"Healing ourselves means healing our communities, which means healing the Earth."

"We cannot buy our way out of this crisis. We must change how we live."

"The harvest tells you the truth about how you've lived."

"Winona means firstborn daughter—born to lead, born to serve."

"Being indigenous is not a label; it's a way of being and knowing."

"The greatest gift we can give our children is a living planet."

"Corporations profit from extraction. We need an economy based on regeneration."

"Your job in this life is to figure out what your gift is and give it away."

"The Earth does not belong to us; we belong to the Earth. All things are connected."

"We need to move from an economy of extraction to an economy of regeneration."

"The biggest lies we tell ourselves are about what we can afford."

"Indigenous knowledge systems have sustained life for thousands of years."

"The renewable revolution is not just about technology—it's about values."

"We are witnessing either the death of the old world or the birth of a new one."

"Real power comes from relationships, not domination."

"The work of social justice and environmental justice cannot be separated."

"We live in a time of the Seventh Fire. This is our responsibility."

"To love the land is to know yourself."

"Patience is not passive. It is the discipline of deep listening."

"The Earth is speaking. The question is whether we will listen."

"Gratitude is a discipline. It changes how we see and relate to the world."

"We cannot heal what we don't acknowledge."

"Indigenous peoples have the solutions to the climate crisis. We just need to be heard."

"Every choice we make is either a vote for the world we want or against it."

"The Earth does not have a problem—humanity has a problem."

"We must become indigenous to this place, wherever we are."

"The wild rice teaches us about reciprocal relationships."

"To be native is to be accountable to future generations."

"Monsanto is trying to control the seeds. We are trying to free them."

"Climate justice is about power—who has it and who doesn't."