Floyd Red Crow Westerman quotes
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“The Clan Mothers ran everything and had the last word. I think that's the answer.”
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“There is an ancient Indian saying that something lives only as long as the last person who remembers it. My people have come to trust memory over history. Memory, like fire, is radiant and immutable while history serves only those who seek to control it, those who douse the flame of memory in order to put out the dangerous fire of truth. Beware these men for they are dangerous themselves and unwise. Their false history is written in the blood of those who might remember and of those who seek the truth.”
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“If you know your ceremonies and culture you'll know where the offense takes place”
-- Floyd Red Crow Westerman -
“I would like to quote a very prejudicial doctrine that was handed down by the Supreme Court in 1823. It said that the Indian Nations do not have title to their lands because they weren't Christians. That the first Christian Nations to discover an area of heathen lands has the absolute title. This doctrine should be withdrawn and renounced to establish a new basis for relationship between indigenous peoples and other peoples of the world.”
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“Growing up my mother played Sarah Vaughan and Nat Cole in the house regularly.”
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“The only day in your life.... Your mother smiled when you cried...”
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“The simplest answer is to act.”
Source : "Everybody Sees the Ants". Book by A.S. King, 2011.
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“Someone once asked me... whether I waited for inspiration. My answer was: "Every day!"”
Source : Aaron Copland (2011). “What to Listen For in Music”, p.27, Penguin
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“Prayer is our humble answer to the inconceivable surprise of living.”
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