Even Though The American Indian Movement On

I’m A Human Being, I’m Not Anyone’s Mascot! And I Am America’s Conscience. And That’s What They Don’t Want To Look At. They Would Rather Look At A Cartoon Character Than At The Deceit Of This Country And This Government.

You See The One Thing I've Always Maintained Is That I'm An American Indian. I'm Not A Native American. I'm Not Politically Correct. Everyone Who's Born In The Western Hemisphere Is A Native American. We Are All Native Americans. And If You Notice, I Put American Before My Ethnicity. I'm Not A Hyphenated African-american Or Irish-american Or Jewish-american Or Mexican-american.

So Indian Policy Has Become Institutionalized And The Result Has Been That American People Have Become More Dependent On Government And That The American People Have Become More Dependent On Corporations.

It Takes A Strong Effort On The Part Of Each American Indian Not To Become Europeanized. The Strength For This Effort Can Only Come From The Traditional Ways, The Traditional Values That Our Elders Retain.

Indian People Are Relics; We Do Not Exist In The Present.