304 p. ; 21 cm

A collection of political speeches and "think-pieces" that LaDuke has written

Ch. 1. Native environmentalism. The wind that blows over our ancestors: nature's power, Enron and Native lands (2001) -- The Blackfeet wind: apatew (2001) -- Dioxin, incinerators and breast milk (2000) -- Nuclear waste ... Native land (2000) -- Under the wild rice moon (1999) -- Return of the sturgeon: Namewag Bi-azhegiiwewaad (1999) -- Building with reservations (1999) -- Like tributaries to a river (1996) -- Honor the earth tour journal (1995) -- Traditional ecological knowledge and environmental futures (1994) -- I heard the owl call my name: Indian forests, the Endangered Species Act, and endangered cultures (1993) -- Drowning the north for Minnesota electricity (1991) -- Foreword to Strangers Devour the Land (1991) -- The diaper problem (1990) -- The Council of Energy Resource Tribes: an outsider's view in (1984)

Red land and uranium mining: how the search for energy is endangering Indian tribal lands (1981). Ch. 2. Native traditions. Who owns America? minority land and community security (2001) -- Native auctions and buyer ethics (2001) -- The spirit powers of Ojibwe and Odawa art (2000) -- Buffalo nation (2000) -- Native American faces in South Africa: the parliament of the world's oldest religions (2000) -- Honor the earth: our Native American legacy (1999) -- Life of a powwow emcee: Vince Beyl, the man behind the microphone (1998) -- What others say: sacred sites, fishponds and the national park service (1996) -- Don't cheapen sovereignty (1996). Ch. 3. Women's issues. Ingrid: Ogitchidaakwe Mikwendaagozid a warrior woman remembered (1999) -- I fight like a woman: the UN conference on women in China (1995) -- Mothers of our nations: indigenous women address the world (1995) -- Debbie Tewa: building a future with her community (1994) -- The Salmon People: Susanna Santos (1992)

Innu women and NATO: the occupation of Nitassinan (1990) -- Indigenous women activists form network (1986). Ch. 4. Politics and the presidency. The case for hemp (2001) -- Reflections on the republic of Dubya (2001) -- Too much roundup: the plan Colombia vote (2001) -- Buying the presidential debates (2000) -- Winona LaDuke, Green Party vice presidential candidate: position on Makah whaling (2000) -- Winona LaDuke's acceptance speech for the Green Party's nomination for the vice president of the United States of America (2000) -- A seventh generation amendment (1996). Ch. 5. Fiction and poetry. Coming home (1997) -- Gypsy (1983) -- Takelma (1983) -- Song for Moab, Utah (1982)

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