John Trudell: “We Are All the Same People” | The Longest Walk, 1978

In this powerful moment from The Longest Walk of 1978, activist and poet John Trudell reminds the world that Indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere—Native Americans, Mexicans, and First Nations—are one people connected by shared ancestry, land, and struggle. The Longest Walk united Native activists from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., to defend treaty rights and oppose legislation threatening Native sovereignty. Trudell’s words remain as vital today as ever—a call for unity, identity, and resistance in the face of colonial erasure.