“Janet McCloud was a political force not to be ignored, as she defined an American Indian political agenda that addressed police brutality, race, economics and gender…”
– Agnes Williams, Seneca Nation

“The struggles taking place in the inner city ghettos are often misunderstood as mindless violence. The young struggling against exclusion and boredom are advanced elements of the class clash. The ghetto walls must be broken down, not enclosed.”

“In the attempt to be intellectual, the authors’ writings are largely incomprehensible within the context of Marxism and Native Americans.”

“But such a simplistic analysis ignores the patriarchal & racist ideological basis that makes up the domination & expansion of capitalism. Today, capitalism shapes & effects our cultural & social relationships like no other social culture has.”

“Four million Indians live in Mexico who, until twenty or twenty-five years ago, lived in communities possessing the lands, the waters, and the forests in common. Mutual aid was the rule in these communities…”

“Elitism is a European ideology and philosophy. It is completely contrary to our traditional philosophy and ideology, and it is very dangerous to the survival of Indian communities.”