I Don't Want To Be

I Say To The Christians And To Every Missionary On The Reservations, You're Welcome To Have A Church Here If You Can Support Yourself. But If These Churches Can't Support Themselves, Then Take The Hint And Quit Using Our Poverty For Your Direct Mail Solicitations.

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.

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.

Golden Eagles Don`t Mate With Bald Eagles, Deer Don`t Mate With Antelope, Gray Wolves Don`t Mate With Red Wolves. Just Look At Domesticated Animals, At Mongrel Dogs, And Mixed Breed Horses, And You`ll Know The Great Mystery Didn`t Intend Them To Be That Way. We Weakened The Species And Introduced Disease By Mixing What Should Be Kept Seperate. Among Humans, Intermarriage Weakens The Respect People Have For Themselves And For Their Traditions. It Undermines Clarity Of Spirit And Mind.

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.