You go back and you read your Constitution. You read your Declaration of Independence. And you will see that the only people who could decide these freedoms were white males who owned property, and all the rest of us were excluded. -John Trudell Independence
Everybody interprets things differently with their own perception, and I want poetry to pull out of them their own feelings. -John Trudell Poetry
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 Positive
