Marissa

“I succeeded on my own, why can't you?" is a dispassionate call to the majority of Native people to forsake one another. The end results is each of us digging our own way out of the hole, filling up the path with dirt as we go. Such things as justice and principles prevent the whole people from becoming dispassionate. Until all of us are free, the few who think they are remain tainted with enslavement.”
― Lee Maracle, I Am Woman: A Native Perspective on Sociology and Feminism

“And whom do I call my enemy?
An enemy must be worthy of engagement.
I turn in the direction of the sun and keep walking.
It’s the heart that asks the question, not my furious mind.
The heart is the smaller cousin of the sun.
It sees and knows everything.
It hears the gnashing even as it hears the blessing.
The door to the mind should only open from the heart.
An enemy who gets in, risks the danger of becoming a friend.”
― Joy Harjo, Crazy Brave

“When you told me that I want too much, I considered how much you take.”
― Terese Marie Mailhot, Heart Berries

“My friend reminded me that rest is not earned but belongs to us, to our bodies, simply because we are human.”
― Kaitlin B. Curtice, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day