Mary Brave Bird Professions : Writer Born : September 26, 1954 Died : February 14, 2013 Browse All Authors Top 9 quotes by Mary Brave Bird The land is sacred. These words are at the core of your being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take our land away and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies. Mary Brave Bird mother native-american inspirational The thing to keep in mind is that laws are framed by those who happen to be in power and for the purpose of keeping them in power. Mary Brave Bird purpose law mind I have become an environmentalist, because it is over the environment that the last of the Indian Wars will be fought. Mary Brave Bird environment lasts war Moral power is always more dangerous to an oppressor than political force. Mary Brave Bird moral force political There is Indian time and white man's time. Indian time means never looking at the clock. ... There is not even a word for time in our language. Mary Brave Bird time men mean To me, women's lib was mainly a white, upper-middle class affair of little use to a reservation Indian woman. Mary Brave Bird use white class People who want to be tattooed don't always have good taste. Mary Brave Bird taste want people After macrobiotics, Zen, and channeling, the "poor Vanishing Indian" is once more the subject of "deep and meaningful conversation" in the high rises. Mary Brave Bird diversity justice meaningful We didn't have a generation gap, we had a generation Grand Canyon. Mary Brave Bird canyons gaps generations Similar Authors Ihab Hassan writer Ingmar Bergman writer Isabella Bird writer Ivan E. Coyote writer Al Feldstein writer Bert Sugar writer All Authors
