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I will argue that native societies' knowledge surpasses the scientific and social knowledge of the dominant society in its ability to provide information and a management style for environmental planning. Frankly, these native societies have existed as the only example of sustainable living in North America for more than 300 years.

— Winona LaDuke Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Futures (1994)

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Today, on a worldwide scale, we remain in the same situation as one hundred years ago, only with less land and fewer people.

Speech at NGO Forum (1995)

I haven't seen anyone improve on the tepee-you can have a fire inside it, and you can love it.

Speech (1999)

If private property has found safe haven in the Fifth Amendment, where is common property equally protected?

A Seventh Generation Agreement (1996)

I am fully aware of how little an American education teaches you about Native people.

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A house is more than a shelter: It is home, it is something that reflects you.

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