The reason why Botswana has done very well is because it's the only black African country which went back to its roots… — George Ayittey Copy Share Image
The federal government needs to make it clear that recognition of Indigenous rights means that when Indigenous bands and their leadership approve… — Erin O'Toole Copy Share Image
My family are doctors and pilots and people involved in indigenous First Nation land rights; not overtly artistic. — Deborah Kara Unger Copy Share Image
When it comes to nuclear technology, the Iranian people are very sensitive. It is a part of our national pride, and nuclear… — Hassan Rouhani Copy Share Image
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the… — Crowfoot Copy Share Image
“Our ancestors dreamed us into being. The least we can do is listen when the earth speaks back.” — Lawrence Nault Copy Share Image
I look forward to the day when indigenous actors can play Hamlet and Ophelia and not just Othello and Desdemona. — Shari Sebbens Copy Share Image
I think the relationship of indigenous people to their environment... that those were ethical omnivores. — James Cromwell Copy Share Image
We can try to gain some of the sensibility of some of the indigenous populations of the world or our predecessors 800… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous… — Evaristo Nugkuag Copy Share Image
Whale Rider' was a very authentic and specific movie about the indigenous culture from where I come. Amazingly, by the fact it… — Niki Caro Copy Share Image
I know that most domesticated animals aren't indigenous to this country. So guess what, cat? You can beat it. Go back to… — Arj Barker Copy Share Image
I am a sports enthusiast, and if given an opportunity, I want to be a sportsman, even today. I want to promote… — Abhishek Bachchan Copy Share Image
I never played a rich man, I never played a prince. And to play a sailor or longshoreman you had to make… — Gene Kelly Copy Share Image
The safe places could only be visited; they could only grant a momentary intuition of sanctuary. The moment always came when we… — Pat Conroy Copy Share Image
When something happens - good, bad or ugly - you find a way to be able to do your part for your… — Patty Mills Copy Share Image
“Use the act of breathing to shape air into sounds that take on the context of language that lifts and transports those… — Richard Wagamese Copy Share Image
In every Indigenous community I've been in, they absolutely do want community infrastructure and they do want development, but they want it… — Rebecca Adamson Copy Share Image
As Indigenous peoples, we know there is more to the world. We know spirits exist. We know as women, because we're especially… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
Simply put: Thanksgiving is the day when the dominant white culture (and, sadly, most of the rest of the non-white but non-indigenous… — Robert Jensen Copy Share Image
There is no reason to not trust your process, no reason to get frustrated, no reason to criticize, or judge others, nothing… — Bryan Kest Copy Share Image
We probably have, right now, after the Civil Rights movement - and this was very unfortunate - the most glaring time of… — John Henrik Clarke Copy Share Image
All cultures forged by nations—the noble indigenous past of America, the brilliant civilization of Europe, the wise history of Asian nations, and… — Subcomandante Marcos Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ...… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The Malays can hardly be said to have an indigenous literature, for it is almost entirely derived from Persia, Siam, Arabia, and… — Isabella Bird Copy Share Image
No climate plan can leave workers and communities behind nor trample the rights of Indigenous communities. Canadians must have opportunity and income… — Jagmeet Singh Copy Share Image
Our weaknesses are the indigenous produce of our characters; but our strength is the forced fruit. — Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington Copy Share Image
There's a tremendous amount of language loss. Most of the attention is given to indigenous languages, which makes sense, but some of… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
We live in an age that's repeating itself endlessly. We're getting closer again to the techno-chic world we saw in Atlantis that… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
The feeling that dreams show us the real nature of reality is something that's shared by many indigenous groups around the world. — Stanley Krippner Copy Share Image
Biopiracy (is) biological theft; illegal collection of indigenous plants by corporations who patent them for their own use. — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
You know what animals exist in the desert. He's going to his indigenous natural habitat. What better place for night crawlers? — Don King Copy Share Image
The sad truth is that mass migration, whatever the colour of the skins of those involved, upsets and worries indigenous people, especially… — Peter Hitchens Copy Share Image
We want to govern with our indigenous ancestors' models: That means a different concept of participation, community work and honesty... — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected,… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
In a country where nature has been so lavish and where we have been so spendthrift of indigenous beauty, to set aside… — Frank Church Copy Share Image
All religions, all indigenous traditions, all origin stories provide a large map of where you are. — David Christian Copy Share Image
In most Native languages, most Indigenous languages, Blackfeet included, there are no gendered pronouns. There is no he/she, there's only they. — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
The most important thing is the indigenous people are not vindictive by nature. We are not here to oppress anybody - but… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
Although we are in different boats you in your boat and we in our canoe we share the same river of life. — Oren Lyons Copy Share Image
