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The Catholic Church was one of the architects of colonialism as we have come to know it today, because it provided the philosophical and religious underpinnings through which colonialism could continue and be justified in the eyes of God.

— Winona LaDuke Speech at UW Madison (2001)

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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.

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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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