US-American Indian poet, writer.
Her Pueblo/Sioux background is expressed in her poetry collections that include "The Blind Lion," 1974 and "Skins and Bones," 1988.
We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life.
An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.
For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.
Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on which all productive living must rest . . .; in this way each individual life may also be fulfilled.
Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.
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Published Sources for Quotations Above:
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In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
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The Sacred Hoop," 1986.
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In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
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The Sacred Hoop," 1986.
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In "Words of Women Quotations for Success," by Power Dynamics Publishing, 1997.
