Russell Means Quotations

In the government schools, which are referred to as public schools, Indian policy has been instituted there, and its a policy where they do not encourage, in fact, discourage, critical thinking and the creation of ideas and public education.

Tourists came around and looked into our tipis. That those were the homes we choose to live in didn`t bother them at all. The untied the door, opened the flap, and barged right in, touching our things, poking through our bedrolls, inspecting everything. It boggles my mind that tourists feel they have the god-given right to intrude everywhere.

Let me go to Clinton's new proposal: to have uniforms in public schools. And people are doing that. How come they're doing that? Dress codes! I find that abhorrent.

Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.

The United States is a fake country

I tell the truth, and I expose myself as a weak, misguided, misdirected, dysfunctional human being I used to be.

I do not want to be civilized. I want to be liberated.

I had often wondered how to best decolonize my people... It must be done one human being at a time. Without that kind of help, Western society does not allow people to come to terms with their feelings. With honesty and therapy, my people can be made whole again.

When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!

May the Great Mystery continue to guide and protect the paths of you and your loved ones.