Dennis Banks Quotes
23 Dennis Banks quotes:
"The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running."
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"When the run is over, there will be a closing ceremony and the runners will return to the many distant lands from which they came."
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"Even the people who come our way look upon us in amazement, that we run only for the healing of Mother Earth."
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"Every man should see the birth of his children."
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"Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow."
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"Rather than point fingers at corporations, we came to the conclusion that we should strengthen our own ceremonies, strengthen what we do."
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"To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides."
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"In 1967 the last Unity Caravan was held."
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"Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us."
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"An awareness reached across America that if Native American people had to resort to arms at Wounded Knee, there must really be something wrong."
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"I'm on this road for the rest of my life."
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"It also called upon traditional people in the Four Directions to strengthen the healing ceremonies and asked people to heed the warnings of Mother Earth."
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"It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways."
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"Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West."
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"Then a strong bond develops as they ride together, pray together, eat meals together, and gather in the evening remembering the day's run."
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"And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing."
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"I have a Father's Day every day."
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"In 1978, the tradition of running from village to village with a message was revived. that first run was from Davis to Los Angeles, a distance of 500 miles."
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"At the first gathering of the Elders' Circle in 1976, a statement was issued concerning the unique balance between Humankind and our Mother Earth."
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"When we arrived in Japan in 1988, we were not prepared for the overwhelming support shown to us."
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