~Vine Deloria Jr. from THE WORLD WE USED TO LIVE IN

"The society in which we live tends to isolate the facts of experience and then to accept only those facts that support already popular beliefs and dogmas. People discredit or discard facts that call into question the socially acceptable explanations of phenomena."

~Carson McCullen from THE HEART IS A LONELY HUNTER

"To know who you are, you have to have a place to come from."

~Keith H. Basso from WISDOM SITS IN PLACES

"Wisdom sits in places. It's like water that never dries up. You need to drink water to stay alive, don't you? Well, you also need to drink from places. You must remember everything about them. You must learn their names. You must remember what happened at them long ago. You must think about it and keep on thinking about. Then your mind will become smoother and smoother. Then you will see danger before it happens. You will walk a long way and live a long time. you will be wise. people will respect you."

~Keith H. Basso from WISDOM SITS IN PLACES

""whenever one uses a place name, even unthinkingly, one is quoting ancestral speech -- and that is not only good but something to take seriously"

~Keith H. Basso from WISDOM SITS IN PLACES

"They made a picture of it with words. Now they could speak about it and remember it clearly and well. Now they had a picture they could carry in their minds. You can see for yourself. It looks like its name."

~Keith H. Basso from WISDOM SITS IN PLACES

"As relatives we make each other rich because we help each other in times of need. It has been this way since the beginning. What made you forget this?"

~Sherman Alexie from The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fist Fight in Heaven

"That's what Indian time is. The past, the future, all of it is wrapped up in the now. That's how it is. We are trapped in the now."