Winona LaDuke

Native American Activist, Politician American Born 1959 (age 67)

Indigenous rights and environmental justice advocate.

377 quotes

"The Earth is not just a resource; it is a relative."
"We are all indigenous now—indigenous to this moment in history."
"Real food comes from real relationships with the land."
"The greatest economy is the one that works for all beings."
"We need to think not for our generation, but for seven generations ahead."
Wisdom
"Corporate agriculture treats the Earth as a factory. We treat it as a relative."
"The fight for the Earth is the fight for our future."
Courage
"Healing happens in community, not in isolation."
"We don't inherit the Earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children."
"The renewable economy is not coming—it's here."
Hope
"Indigenous science is not pre-science; it is knowledge earned through millennia of observation."
Science
"The Earth is calling. Are you listening?"
Inspiration
"We must be brave enough to imagine a different world."
Imagination
"The work is not easy, but it is necessary."
Perseverance
"Real democracy requires a living Earth."
Politics
"We are the generation that decided to fight back."
Motivation
"The Earth remembers what we forgot—how to live in balance."
"Gratitude is a revolutionary act."
Gratitude
"We need a world where the rights of the Earth are respected."
Justice
"The biggest revolution is the one that happens in our hearts and homes."
Change
"Indigenous women are water protectors, seed keepers, and Earth defenders."
Strength
"To plant a seed is to believe in tomorrow."
Hope
"The economy must serve life, not the other way around."
Philosophy
"We are in a battle for the soul of the Earth."
Faith
"Real wealth is having clean water, good food, and people you love."
Happiness
"The Earth is not a business in liquidation."
"We need to move from talking about sustainability to living it."
"The most radical act is growing your own food."
Power
"Indigenous knowledge is democratic—it belongs to all of us."
Freedom
"We are not separate from nature; we are a part of nature."