Dennis Banks Quotes

• 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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• In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles.

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• The Sun, Moon and Stars are there to guide us.

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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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• It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways.

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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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• Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.

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• When you have a spiritual foundation, you look at poverty differently then.

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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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• 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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  Tags in Heed, Directions

• The Canadian run can be no different, at least in terms of actual running.

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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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• In 1967 the last Unity Caravan was held.

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• I have a Father’s Day every day.

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• Every man should see the birth of his children.

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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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• And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.

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Dennis Banks (18)

Birth:	12th April, 1937
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Activist, Author, Leader, Lecturer, Teacher

About

Dennis Banks, a Native American leader, teacher, lecturer, activist and author, is an Anishinaabe born on Leech Lake Indian Reservation in northern Minnesota. Banks is also known as Nowa Cumig.

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