--- title: "4 Indians Quotes By Russell Means" description: "4 Indians quotes by Russell Means. Plus more from Russell Means and more Indians sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/russell-means-12584_aim_before-aim-indians-were-dispirited-defea_407913.jpg" --- > [Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/before-aim-indians-were-dispirited-defeated-and-culturally-dissolving/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/28e/russell-means-12584_aim_before-aim-indians-were-dispirited-defea_407913.jpg) > [It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/it-takes-a-strong-effort-on-the-part-of-each-american-indian-not-to/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a02/russell-means-12584_american-indian_it-takes-a-strong-effort-on-the-part-of_854166.jpg) > [Indians in America are yet to be considered human beings, even though the Pope issued a papal bull in 1898 that declared…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/indians-in-america-are-yet-to-be-considered-human-beings-even-though/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/51b/russell-means-12584_america_indians-in-america-are-yet-to-be-conside_2508861.jpg) > ['Indian policy' has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/indian-policy-has-now-been-brought-down-upon-the-american-people-and/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/russell-means-12584_21st-century_indian-policy-has-now-been-brought-down_3099415.jpg) ## Other authors on Indians - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b022/author-sherman-alexie-84912.jpg) Sherman Alexie 15 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indians/sherman-alexie/) - [Robert A. 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They couldn't accomplish the melting pot economically; they couldn't accomplish…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/america-always-put-forth-this-phony-melting-pot-theory-but-it-s-a/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/i-ve-always-considered-myself-a-man-of-integrity-as-a-leader-of-the/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/when-a-woman-grabs-my-braids-and-says-how-cute-i-crab-her-breast-and/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [Golden eagles don't mate with bald eagles, deer don't mate with antelope, gray wolves don't mate with red wolves. Just look at domesticated animals,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/golden-eagles-don-t-mate-with-bald-eagles-deer-don-t-mate-with/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/being-an-indian-means-living-with-the-land-and-the-only-way-we-ll-be/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [I don't want to be remembered as an activist; I want to be remembered as an American Indian patriot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/i-don-t-want-to-be-remembered-as-an-activist-i-want-to-be-remembered/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing braids or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/before-aim-indians-were-dispirited-defeated-and-culturally-dissolving/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/children-in-poverty-aren-t-trying-to-get-out-of-poverty-they-re-just/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [The United States is a fake country.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/the-united-states-is-a-fake-country/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [We Indians do not teach that there is only one god. We know that everything has power, including the most inanimate, inconsequential things. Stones…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/we-indians-do-not-teach-that-there-is-only-one-god-we-know-that/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [What the American Indian Movement says is that the American Indians are the Palestinians of the United States, and the Palestinians are the American…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/what-the-american-indian-movement-says-is-that-the-american-indians/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/i-d-like-to-talk-about-free-markets-information-in-the-computer-age/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [True to your own ancestors, therefore true to yourself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/true-to-your-own-ancestors-therefore-true-to-yourself/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) > [Imagine going to the holy land in Israel, whether you're a Christian or a Jew or a Muslim, and start carving up the mountain…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/imagine-going-to-the-holy-land-in-israel-whether-you-re-a-christian/) [Russell Means](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/russell-means/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indians/russell-means/#itemlist", "name": "4 Indians Quotes By Russell Means", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. 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