We must relearn how to cry. A strong man cries; it is the weak man who holds back his tears. — Archie Fire Lame Deer Copy Share Image
When it comes down to pure ornamental cursing, the native American is gifted above the sons of men. — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most." — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
I didn't know much about my Native American ancestry, but as I got older I became more interested in it. — Alan Robinson Copy Share Image
Look through the prayer books. You'll see lots of dates. You'll see names of Native Americans remembered. This was an open-sourcing project… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
This is the city of dreamers and time and again it's the place where the greatest dream of all, the American dream,… — Michael Bloomberg Copy Share Image
I think the African American community, the Latino community, the Native American communities have borne an unfair burden in the last century,… — Van Jones Copy Share Image
The Indian's intercourse with Nature is at least such as admits of the greatest independence of each. — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“Late one day James and I watch the sun fly across the sky like a basketball on fire until it falls down… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental… — Stewart Udall Copy Share Image
Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Luxury spreads its ample board before their eyes; but they are excluded from the banquet. Plenty revels over the fields; but theyare… — Washington Irving Copy Share Image
It's interesting to think about the history of Israel in relation to the history of the U.S.. There were Native Americans living… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
“I have no Native American heritage, but I had decided as a child that my spirit guide animal would be a bear.… — John Conroe Copy Share Image
What we did in the 1960s and early 1970s was raise the consciousness of white America that this government has a responsibility… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
“Implicitly or explicitly, the rhythms of our lives, the movement from season to season, the patterns of the winds, and the pulse… — Ray A. Williamson Copy Share Image
“Shit," he said. "I don't know why you're feeling sorry for yourself because you ain't had to fight a war. You're lucky.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills and the winding streams with tangled growth, as 'wild'.… — Paul Goble Copy Share Image
“The yard consisted of grass and a Russian Olive tree, which was about the only kind of tree able to survive on… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
“It is too often the case,” Crook said, “that border newspapers … disseminate all sorts of exaggerations and falsehoods about the Indians,… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
In a business that has exploited and ignored our people I have only found dead-ends. We need romantic comedies, gross-out and mockery… — Misty Upham Copy Share Image
America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
“When first I arrived in the woods, I became aware of how unprepared I was for what I was about to experience." ” — John-Paul Cernak Copy Share Image
Nothing is quite like the Native American Spirit. It is so freeing and liberating to understand the culture. It is a way… — Jenna Bognar Copy Share Image
[Seeing an ornately chained Native American for the first time] What Eden have they torn you from? — Cesare Borgia Copy Share Image
Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score. — Michael Tippett Copy Share Image
“Hiking is like life... You can spend the whole trip just watching the trail ahead, worrying that you'll twist an ankle or… — Susannah Scott Copy Share Image
Any good thing you say to me shall not be forgotten. I shall carry it as near to my heart as my… — Ten Bears Copy Share Image
I wanted a trumpet concerto that reflected Native American music because, well, there aren't any. I looked around for one but couldn't… — Christopher Moore Copy Share Image
I saw The Revenant, and they were calling Native Americans "tree niggers," and that is not cool. — Vince Staples Copy Share Image
I can't get upset about 'offensive to women' or 'offensive to blacks' or 'offensive to Native Americans' or 'offensive to Jews' ...… — Jamaica Kincaid Copy Share Image
Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Wonder what opportunities you pass, unwittingly, because your hands are so busy clasping what you think you have always known. — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has… — Lisa Bonet Copy Share Image
In our culture, the Native Americans, when two strangers come together. You know what we do in our culture? We smoke the… — Tatanka Copy Share Image