Author: John Trudell

Quotes

When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on the institutions to tell them the truth, the truth must come from culture and art.

When one lives in a society where people can no longer rely on the institutions to tell them the truth, the truth must come from culture and art.

- John Trudell

Because we are all of an oral tradition in our beginning histories, the voice of the poet in this particular society will be heard.

Because we are all of an oral tradition in our beginning histories, the voice of the poet in this particular society will be heard.

- John Trudell

There have been some positive things that have happened for the tribes, but it's a constant, vigilant fight about protecting what resources we have in terms of land and rights.

There have been some positive things that have happened for the tribes, but it's a constant, vigilant fight about protecting what resources we have in terms of land and rights.

- John Trudell

I appreciate all of your expressions of concern, and I appreciate all of your expressions of love. It has been like a fire to my heart.

I appreciate all of your expressions of concern, and I appreciate all of your expressions of love. It has been like a fire to my heart.

- John Trudell

It's always good to go home. It's strengthening to see your past and know you have someplace to go where you're part of a people.

It's always good to go home. It's strengthening to see your past and know you have someplace to go where you're part of a people.

- John Trudell

Everybody interprets things differently with their own perception, and I want poetry to pull out of them their own feelings.

Everybody interprets things differently with their own perception, and I want poetry to pull out of them their own feelings.

- John Trudell

All politics to me - Indian or white - is an illusion preventing us from being authentic because we're communicating through something that isn't real to us.

All politics to me - Indian or white - is an illusion preventing us from being authentic because we're communicating through something that isn't real to us.

- John Trudell

I wasn't interested in having to live with a camera - I have a hard enough time getting along with myself. I don't need cameras around and all that action.

I wasn't interested in having to live with a camera - I have a hard enough time getting along with myself. I don't need cameras around and all that action.

- John Trudell

In a personal context, I'm not in the ground, and I'm not in an institution. So I guess I'm doing pretty good.

In a personal context, I'm not in the ground, and I'm not in an institution. So I guess I'm doing pretty good.

- John Trudell

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