Indians Quotes by Sherman Alexie

“If God really loved Indians, he would have made us white people.”

— Sherman Alexie

You'd never know it from reading the rest of the Native writers, but Indians actually grew up with American pop culture.

— Sherman Alexie

That's one more thing people don't know about Indians: We love to talk dirty.

— Sherman Alexie

At least half the country thinks the mascot issue is insignificant. But I think it's indicative of the ways in which Indians…

— Sherman Alexie

“Of course, ever since white people showed up and brought along their Christianity and their fears of eccentricity, Indians have gradually lost…

— Sherman Alexie

It's a weird thing. Reservations were meant to be prisons, you know? Indians were supposed to move onto reservations and die. We…

— Sherman Alexie

“I didn't literally kill Indians. We were supposed to make you give up being Indian. Your songs and stories and language and…

— Sherman Alexie

At least half the country thinks the mascot issue is insignificant. But I think it's indicative of the ways in which Indians…

— Sherman Alexie

“It’s hard to be optimistic on the reservation. When a glass sits on a table here, people don’t wonder if it’s half…

— Sherman Alexie

Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic…

— Sherman Alexie

“Where's your dad now?" Thomas asked. "He's gone." The word gone echoed all over the reservation. The reservation was gone itself, just…

— Sherman Alexie

“(Marie)...It's not like we're planning a rebellion. We're just putting food in our cupboards. If eating is rebellious, then I guess we're…

— Sherman Alexie

“Despite all of the time he spent in Big Heart's, Wilson had never come to understand the social lives of Indians. He…

— Sherman Alexie

“The white woman across the aisle from me says 'Look, look at all the history, that house on the hill there is…

— Sherman Alexie

“You must be a rich man," she said. "Not much of a warrior, though. You keep letting me sneak up on you."…

— Sherman Alexie