I'm showing people that indigenous people weren't stupid...At one time, we were all indigenous: the Irish, the English. We built a false premise that we're superior to the indigenous people. We've got to ... show that we're in harmony with this planet. (Victor Villaseñor)

I'm showing people that indigenous people weren't stupid...At one time, we were all indigenous: the Irish, the English. We built a false premise that we're superior to the indigenous people. We've got to ... show that we're in harmony with this planet.

Victor Villaseñor

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