“Our individual consciousnesses were sieves of the divine. We could only know what our minds could encompass safely.” — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
[Woman Walks Ahead] is from me being a very bizarre child. From the age of about 8 to the age of about… — Steven Knight Copy Share Image
“Not all white people are animal, but 99% of historic predators, terrorists, and traffickers were white.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Growing up, my mother and grandparents often talked about our family's Native American heritage. As a kid, I never thought to ask… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image
I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves… — Oren Lyons Copy Share Image
The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you might suffocate in… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
I do know that there have been many Native people - I don't like to call them "Native Americans," I guess, definitely… — Donte Stallworth Copy Share Image
In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Five hundred years later we're still doing it. This is a moment where we're either going to reaffirm that's what we do… — Neil Young Copy Share Image
As you know, today was Don't Take Your Illegal Immigrant To Work Day here in Los Angeles. No, all across the nation… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
The Indian navigator naturally distinguishes by a name those parts of a stream where he has encountered quick water and forks, andagain,… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The old Indian teaching was that is is wrong to tear loose from its place on the earth anything that may be… — Wooden Leg Copy Share Image
Native Americans say, "It's a good day to die," and samurai live their life to die honorably, so that kind of energy… — Cary-Hiroyuki Tagawa Copy Share Image
Today, we have come a distance. We have made a lot of progress. That cannot be denied. You cannot dispute the fact… — John Lewis Copy Share Image
No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers… Sell a country! Why not sell the… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the… — John Neihardt Copy Share Image
“People acquire a right to property by giving it value - which Locke makes very clear means exchange value. This had vast… — Ellen Meiksins Wood Copy Share Image
“Nector [speaking to Bernadette] could have told her, having drunk down the words of Nanapush, that comfort is not security and money… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Writing in African languages became a topic of discussion in conferences, in schools, in classrooms; the issue is always being raised -… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
“To the untutored sage, the concentration of population was the prolific mother of all evils, moral no less than physical. He argued… — Charles Alexander (Ohiyesa) Eastman Copy Share Image
“They're all gone, my tribe is gone. Those blankets they gave us, infected with smallpox, have killed us. I'm the last, the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
Puerto Ricans are Americans. We've been American citizens since 1917. We fought the same battles, made the same sacrifices. We've lost our… — Nelson Antonio Denis Copy Share Image
“according to Native American legends, dogs with different-colored eyes could see both heaven and earth.” — James Rollins Copy Share Image
“The rancid odor mixed with the dust, death, and confusion as they awaited those who could clean up the mess and make… — G.G. Collins Copy Share Image
Horsemanship and the cowboy lifestyle and my culture as a Native American are all three things that are very, very important to… — Brady Jandreau Copy Share Image
It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Someone needs to explain to me why wanting clean drinking water makes you an activist, and why proposing to destroy water with… — Winona LaDuke Copy Share Image
“Where the mountain crosses. On top of the mountain, I do not myself know where. I wandered where my mind and my… — Jane Bierhorst Copy Share Image
Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other's battles; and more than all, we… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours. — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We… — Crazy Horse Copy Share Image
Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
“I could see the bay in the distance and where the ship should have been. Instead we found a burnt mast protruding… — Stacy Buck Copy Share Image
You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If… — Dylan Brody Copy Share Image
![“[Woman Walks Ahead] is from me being a very bizarre child. From the age of about 8 to the age of about 15, I was obsessed with Native Americans.” quote by Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/fe1/steven-knight-2205_age_woman-walks-ahead-is-from-me-being-a-ver_2701409.jpg)
![“Five hundred years later we're still doing it. This is a moment where we're either going to reaffirm that's what we do [with Native Americans ], that's who we are, or we're going to start moving toward change. A change won't come easy, because there's a lot of big money that doesn't care about any…” quote by Neil Young](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/527/neil-young-969_bigs_five-hundred-years-later-we-re-still-doi_3205090.jpg)
![“Nector [speaking to Bernadette] could have told her, having drunk down the words of Nanapush, that comfort is not security and money in the hand disappears. He could have told her that only the land matters and never to let go of the papers, the titles, the tracks of the words, all those things…” quote by Louise Erdrich](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f08/louise-erdrich-1271_land_nector-speaking-to-bernadette-could-have_644547.jpg)
