The Best Winona Laduke quotes

The only compensation for land is land. — Winona Laduke

I’m not a patriot to a flag, I’m a patriot to a land. — Winona Laduke

I would like to see as many people patriotic to a land as I have seen patriotic to a flag. — Winona Laduke

If we moved from industrialized agriculture to re–localized organic agriculture, we could sequester about one quarter of the carbon moving into the air and destroying our glaciers, oceans, forests and lands. — Winona Laduke

We must keep these waters for wild rice, these trees for maple syrup, our lakes for fish, and our land and aquifers for all of our relatives–whether they have fins, roots, wings, or paws. — Winona Laduke

In most of America, it seems you don’t matter if you’re not between 25 and 50. — Winona Laduke

The United States, you know, people–one of the reasons that it is said that native people received citizenship in 1924 was so that they could be drafted. And they have been extensively drafted. — Winona Laduke

America is so accustomed to some depiction of native people that is entirely racist, and there’s a perception that that is okay. — Winona Laduke

Native communities are focal points for the excrement of industrial society. — Winona Laduke

The United States–you know, native people are large landowners, but the military has a huge chunk of our territories. And in those, there are a number of places that are our sacred sites. — Winona Laduke

It’s time to transition beyond our fossil fuel addiction to a just economy based on green jobs, renewable energy, and local organic food. — Winona Laduke

It’s time to respect the treaties our ancestors signed and care for our land, water, and cultures so that they remain healthy for our future generations. — Winona Laduke

In the time of the sacred sites and the crashing of ecosystems and worlds, it may be worth not making a commodity out of all that is revered. — Winona Laduke

What we all need to do is find the wellspring that keeps us going, that gives us the strength and patience to keep up this struggle for a long time. — Winona Laduke

Eliminating some 3600 post offices–mostly rural–will save the USPS less than seven tenths of one percent of their operating budget, but nationally, a number of tribal communities will be hit. — Winona Laduke

Let us be the ancestors our descendants will thank. — Winona Laduke

Tribes have the potential to provide almost 15 percent of the country’s electricity with wind power, and have 4.5 times the solar resources to power the entire U.S. — Winona Laduke

Power is not brute force and money; power is in your spirit. Power is in your soul. It is what your ancestors, your old people gave you. Power is in the earth; it is in your relationship to the earth. — Winona Laduke