--- title: "3 Indian Removal Quotes by 2 authors" description: "Browse 3 Indian Removal quotes by 2 authors. Discover the best Indian Removal sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/debby-irving-25569_politics_be-it-europeans-initial-assumption-of-th_67708.jpg" --- > [“Be it Europeans’ initial assumption of the right to invade in the 1600s, the Indian Removal Act in the 1800s, or the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debby-irving/be-it-europeans-initial-assumption-of-the-right-to-invade-in-the/) [Debby Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/debby-irving/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/debby-irving-25569_politics_be-it-europeans-initial-assumption-of-th_67708.jpg) > [“On October 1, 1838, the first detachment set out in what was to be known as the Trail of Tears. As they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/on-october-1-1838-the-first-detachment-set-out-in-what-was-to-be/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51a/howard-zinn-576_trail-of-tears_on-october-1-1838-the-first-detachment-s_168511.jpg) > [“Grant Foreman, the leading authority on Indian removal, estimates that during confinement in the stockade or on the march westward four thousand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-zinn/grant-foreman-the-leading-authority-on-indian-removal-estimates-that/) [Howard Zinn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-zinn/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fc/howard-zinn-576_leadership_grant-foreman-the-leading-authority-on-i_1995080.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indian-removal/#itemlist", "name": "Indian Removal Quotes", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Be it Europeans’ initial assumption of the right to invade in the 1600s, the Indian Removal Act in the 1800s, or the English-only acts in the 1900s, the white settlers established and the white government of the United States has enforced a model of dominance and assimilation that elevates those who can fit the prescribed mold while excluding and destabilizing those who can’t.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Debby Irving" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/debby-irving/be-it-europeans-initial-assumption-of-the-right-to-invade-in-the/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/debby-irving-25569_politics_be-it-europeans-initial-assumption-of-th_67708.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/debby-irving-25569_politics_be-it-europeans-initial-assumption-of-th_67708.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf0/debby-irving-25569_politics_be-it-europeans-initial-assumption-of-th_67708.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Be it Europeans’ initial assumption of the right to invade in the 1600s, the Indian Removal Act in the…” — Debby Irving", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“On October 1, 1838, the first detachment set out in what was to be known as the Trail of Tears. 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