~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"