Indian Time Quotes

“[...] and above all the mazaskan-skan, that damn clock-white man's time as opposed to Indian time, which is natural time. Like eating when you are hungry and sleeping when you are tired, not when that damn clock says you must.”
― Mary Crow Dog, Lakota Woman

“There is Indian time and white man’s time. Indian time means never looking at the clock. It means doing what you want when you want it. In the case of some people it means having dinner at midnight or going to sleep at noon. In the old days we had no clocks or wristwatches. Nature was our clock. If we wanted to get up early, we drank a little more water the night before--then our bladders would wake us up in the morning. The sun, the moon, and the seasons were our timekeepers and that way of looking at time is still in our subconscious. There is not even a word for time in our language.”
― Mary Brave Bird, Ohitika Woman