My father when I was a kid was so deeply involved with Native Americans, he used to bring home these extraordinary headdresses… — Kerry Kennedy Copy Share Image
“There was no hope on earth, and God seemed to have forgotten us. Some said they saw the Son of God; others… — Red Cloud Copy Share Image
Most Native Americans will say happy thanksgiving. Its just a matter of time before slavery is no longer part of childrens history… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Before me, my grandfathers, my uncles and my father were all boxers because Native Americans had to box in boarding schools. But… — George Tahdooahnippah Copy Share Image
“We understand the forked tongue that our grandfathers talked about. [...] We know all the tricks of the wasicu world. Our young… — Nick Estes Copy Share Image
I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken… — Chaske Spencer Copy Share Image
The Second Amendment comes from the right to protect themselves from slave revolts, and from uprisings by Native Americans. A revolt from… — Danny Glover Copy Share Image
“We all have come here from somewhere else, and the vast majority of us are only a few generations removed from another… — Dan Rather Copy Share Image
The seal and the constitution, reflects the thinking of the founding fathers that this was to be a nation by white people,… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
As a Cherokee, I can attest to the fact that Native Americans have been on the losing side of history. Our rights… — Markwayne Mullin Copy Share Image
“We were born naked and have been taught to hunt and live on the game. You tell us that we must learn… — Gall Copy Share Image
“I continued, “The painting shows this fish with a big eye and a halo, floating in air, and underneath the fish are… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“a culture, we will begin to discern which of these approaches and their many variants will have the most impact with the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, better known as the American Colonization Society was a group… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
“Checking a box on a form for race—"Caucasian," "Hispanic," "African-American," "Native American," or "Asian-American"—is untenable and ridiculous. For one thing, "American" is… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
My work to me is more like what the Native Americans say: When we walk upon the earth, we always place our… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
“If some saw the Indians as living in prelapsarian innocence, there were others who judged them to be savage beasts, devils in… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“What's the story here, Karl?' Kevin asked. 'Hard as it is to believe, these people are slaves,' Karl explained. 'Slaves?' I asked… — Yossi Ghinsberg Copy Share Image
“What did the Revolution mean to the Native Americans, the Indians? They had been ignored by the fine words of the Declaration,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“[Two respondents] minimized the assimilationist implications of the dominant account; Russ Silver rejects the idea entirely. 'I have no interest in being… — Vera Whisman Copy Share Image
“Isn't it amazing that, historically, the "Prince of Peace" has most often been introduced to new cultures through extreme violence? European and… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
Especially for blacks, but also for many Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans, group identity is now shaped more by a liberal politics… — Shelby Steele Copy Share Image
“Our young people, raised under the old rules of courtesy, never indulged in the present habit of talking incessantly and all at… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved… — Leonard Peltier 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
It seems that the Neanderthal DNA that modern Europeans and Asians (and also Native Americans and basically all non-African people) are carrying… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
Growing up north of San Francisco, I immersed myself in the local landscape and in books about Native Americans, cowboys, and pioneers… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
We also have a piece about the Mayflower, but it's just a very different, very gritty, very character-driven version of why those… — John Landgraf Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble.… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I think the Native Americans had the right idea about preserving and respecting the earth. Not just using it up. We are… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think… — Ron Eglash Copy Share Image
“The speech lacked soaring cadences or memorable lines, yet it touched on two explosive issues at the finale. He advised Native Americans… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
“Producing and eating our own food is, historically, much of what made us Americans and not subjects of European powers. While other… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I have four relatively small children, and around fourth grade, they start doing big projects on Native Americas: everything is Native Americans… — Soledad O'Brien Copy Share Image
“America may have been providentially chosen, but that was far from true for a good number of its inhabitants. The same racist… — Kathryn Miles Copy Share Image
The Navajo Generating Station in Page, for example, employs hundreds of people, mostly Native Americans, and provides nearly all of the power… — Ann Kirkpatrick Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that when it comes to our treatment of Native Americans as well as other persons of color in this… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
I'm sure you're gonna be taught, if you haven't already, that the people that were here, the Native Americans were beautiful, they… — Rush Limbaugh Copy Share Image
If you want to know what it will be like when we are more deeply into the horizontal, simply go to one… — Robert Bly Copy Share Image
There is probably a high percentage of Native Americans as well as non-Indians who feel that participating in this greater American economy… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
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