Civilization does not engross all the virtues of humanity: she has not even her full share of them. They flourish in greater… — Herman Melville Copy Share Image
I see, or at least it appears to me, that there is some concerted effort to discredit them, and categorize the American… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
Not surprisingly, thinkers from groups for whom whiteness was and is a problem have taken the lead in studying whiteness in this… — David Roediger Copy Share Image
They [American Indians] never did straight-up fights. It wasn't about, you know, getting killed in the line of fire. It was all… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon,… — Chief Dan George Copy Share Image
A few scattered accounts, collected and combined together, may lead us to two certain conclusions: 1. That all the American Indians are… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. — Tecumseh 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
I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans. — Bobby Jindal Copy Share Image
We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills, and winding streams with tangled growth as wild. Earth… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
The matriarchal society is thus the decadent and broken. The strongly matriarchal character of Negro life is due to the moral failure… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically… — Russell Means 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
...the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing… — Zitkala-Sa Copy Share Image
I have compromised down the line. I've disliked it intensely in the old days when you were trying to talk race relations… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they… — Russell Means Copy Share Image
This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it. — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
“We have flattered ourselves by inventing proverbs of comparison in matter of blindness,--"blind as a bat," for instance. It would be safe… — Helen Hunt Jackson Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace.....Treat all men alike. Give them… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the… — H. Rap Brown Copy Share Image
Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape. — George Washington Copy Share Image
President Obama met with leaders of the American Indian tribes and they honored the president by giving him his own Indian name:… — Jay Leno Copy Share Image
He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
We know our lands have now become more valuable. The white people think we do not know their value; but we know… — Canasatego Copy Share Image