It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity. — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Being Indian-American, I have tremendous potential to grow facial hair. — Vivek Murthy Copy Share Image
“The idea that “all men are created equal” is a gift to the world from the American Indian.” — Robert M. Pirsig Copy Share Image
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right. — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage. — Christian Kane Copy Share Image
Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play… — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
Indians and animals know better how to live than white man; nobody can be in good health if he does not have… — Flying Hawk Copy Share Image
Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf… — Richard Widmark Copy Share Image
We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
We still have to realize that if you are say a historian of the Civil War, you don’t know anything special about… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indianwe can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
The American Indians, the ancient Indians would say, the metaphysical ones would say: "Power binds us together." Power, for a while, makes… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area,… — Katherine Dunham Copy Share Image
We were told that they wished merely to pass through our country. . . to seek for gold in the far west… — Red Cloud Copy Share Image
One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian… — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
“Last night I missed two free throws which would have won the game against the best team in the state. The farm… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
I hear Republicans and Libertarians and so forth talking about property rights, but they stop talking about property rights as soon as… — Ward Churchill Copy Share Image
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pokanoket, and many other once powerful tribes of our people?… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
I moved here when I was 20 to go to college. After I moved here, I became much more aware of the… — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni Copy Share Image
The Jew is neither a newcomer nor an alien in this country or on this continent; his Americanism is as original and… — Oscar Straus Copy Share Image
The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon,… — Chief Dan George Copy Share Image
“There had been no crises of incident, or marked movements of experience such as in Felipe's imaginations of love were essential to… — Helen Hunt Jackson Copy Share Image
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library. — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape. — George Washington Copy Share Image
This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
Next time!' In what calendar are kept the records of those next times which never come? — Helen Hunt Jackson Copy Share Image
As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
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