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Paula Gunn Allen quotes: America has amnesia ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.

America has amnesia ... Certainly, there is a passion for memory loss in American thought ... Americans may be the world champion forgetters.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: In America, law substitutes for custom.

In America, law substitutes for custom.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: Hoop Dancer is a rendering of my understanding of the process by which one enters into timelessness that place where one is whole.

Hoop Dancer is a rendering of my understanding of the process by which one enters into timelessness
that place where one is whole.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: As long as we avoid the creative, we are condemned to reaction.

As long as we avoid the creative, we are condemned to reaction.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: I am not especially defined by my sex life, nor complete without it.

I am not especially defined by my sex life, nor complete without it.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation.

Idealization of a group is a natural consequence of separation from the group; in other words, it is a by-product of alienation.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life ...

We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life ...

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.

An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: True shamans live in a world that is alive with what is to rationalist sight unseen, a world pulsing with intelligence.

True shamans live in a world that is alive with what is to rationalist sight unseen, a world pulsing with intelligence.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: The shadows cannot speak.

The shadows cannot speak.

Paula Gunn Allen quotes: Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.

Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.