BARBARA: They're called Native Americans now, Mom. VIOLET…

Some Native American writers enjoy being called Native American writers.

— Toni Morrison

“Barbara is on what is called the woman's trip to the exclusion of almost everything else. When she and Tom and Max and Sharon…

— Joan Didion

While they trace their history back to wars that helped to ethnically cleanse Native Americans and to their exploits in the Civil War fighting…

— Brendan Sexton III

“What is it like to be a Spokane Indian without wild salmon? It is like being a Christian if Jesus had never rolled back…

— Sherman Alexie

“...they marveled at the animal's elusiveness, loyalty, and affection, its willingness to defend its territory; its stamina and ability to travel long distances and…

— Bruce Hampton

We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.

— John Trudell

“...the values ascribed to the Indian will depend on what the white writer feels about Nature, and America has always had mixed feelings about…

— Margaret Atwood

The Navajo Generating Station in Page, for example, employs hundreds of people, mostly Native Americans, and provides nearly all of the power for the…

— Ann Kirkpatrick

I think most Native American literature is unreadable by the vast majority of Native Americans. Generally speaking Indians don't read books. It's not a…

— Sherman Alexie

“We have been south and suffered a great deal down there. Many have died of diseases which we have no name for. Our hearts…

— Little Wolf

“In the American colonies, the first laborers were European indentured servants. When African laborers were forcibly brought to Virginia beginning in 1619, status was…

— Alan H. Goodman

I have had vegan Thanksgiving of tofurkey and soy gravy. And it's not to say that Thanksgiving will ever justify the genocide of the…

— Hari Kondabolu

We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't…

— Qwatsinas

I saw The Revenant, and they were calling Native Americans "tree niggers," and that is not cool.

— Vince Staples

It's interesting to think about the history of Israel in relation to the history of the U.S.. There were Native Americans living here that…

— Jill Soloway