I Do Not Want To

I've Always Considered Myself A Man Of Integrity As A Leader Of The American Indian Movement And Of Indian People. I Will Stand That Test Against Anyone At Anytime, Anywhere.

If I Want My People To Be Free, Americans Have To Be Free.

[the Is] A Mistaken Belief That [the Word Indian] Refers Somehow To The Country, India. When Columbus Washed Up On The Beach In The Caribbean, He Was Not Looking For A Country Called India. Europeans Were Calling That Country Hindustan In 1492.... Columbus Called The Tribal People He Met "indio," From The Italian In Dio, Meaning "in God."

Even Though The American Indian Movement On A National-international Scale Has Proven To Be Extremely Dysfunctional, The American Indian Movement I Was Associated With I'm Very Proud Of. We Were A Revolutionary, Militant Organization Whose Purpose Was Spirituality First, And That's How I Want To Be Remembered.

You Can't Talk About The Environment, You Can't Talk About Political Correctness, Affirmative Action And All The Other Innumerable Things That Freedom Is About, Unless You Have A Free Society Based Upon The Integrity Of The Individual. If You Have A Responsible Society, These Other Issues Will Not Come Up In A Responsible Society, And That Is What Freedom Is All About.