A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities,… — Warren Mundine Copy Share Image
There are people all over Australia who use their homes as hubs that they travel from, and they encourage their indigenous people… — Andrew Forrest Copy Share Image
What Australia was before is the fullest Australia has ever been... as created and made and valued by indigenous people. The white… — Galarrwuy Yunupingu Copy Share Image
The Ocaina and many of the other indigenous peoples of the Amazon were nearly wiped out during the rubber boom in the… — Tom Cole Copy Share Image
The stories of our Indigenous people have shaped the very foundational fabric of our modern day. And so much of that is… — Lily Gladstone Copy Share Image
My family, we're indigenous people from San Luis Potosi in Central Mexico. My father moved to Detroit and brought all of us… — Sixto Rodriguez Copy Share Image
The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have… — Tomochichi Copy Share Image
Quibbling over the definition of genocide does nothing but help obscure the long history of vicious racism and undeniable suffering of Indigenous… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
Because Ajamu Baraka speaks in the language of his community, and makes no bones about it, he really invites in a whole… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
If one looks into the genealogies of many 'old families,' one discovers episodes of slave trafficking, bootlegging, gun running, opium trading, falsified… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
“The purpose of any ceremony is to build stronger relationship or bridge the distance between our cosmos and us. The research that… — Shawn Wilson Copy Share Image
It seems to be the modern Canadian approach to Indigenous people: rather than deny their problems or accuse them of creating them… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
The problem is that those of us sympathetic with the plight of indigenous people view them as quaint and colorful, but somehow… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
“...I found myself questioning many assumptions about 'nature' and 'wilderness' that were common in conservation at the time. Were all introduced species… — Emma Marris Copy Share Image
I often wonder, when I hear some important speaker rattle off the rote land acknowledgements that have become the standard introduction for… — Neil Macdonald Copy Share Image
Indigenous people made huge contributions to this country. The biggest is in sharing the land and resources. People need to see that,… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
We are not myths of the past, ruins in the jungle, or zoos. We are people and we want to be respected,… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Here in Canada, the people who oppose the tar sands most forcefully are Indigenous people living downstream from the tar sands. They… — Naomi Klein Copy Share Image
Being the only Indian in class, I had to be able to stand up and defend myself and debate the others when… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
The problem now is that young people, young indigenous people, are not so interested in preserving traditional knowledge. So for them, seeing… — Ciro Guerra Copy Share Image
The idea of regularly acknowledging our indebtedness to the natural world and giving thanks for the many gifts we receive from it,… — Charlie Cook Copy Share Image
We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our… — Malcolm Fraser Copy Share Image
Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples.… — Tim Wise Copy Share Image
The way I think we were living is an invention. The truth is nobody can own anything. That was an unheard-of concept… — Tom Shadyac Copy Share Image
Let us not be tempted by those who try to find the unique qualities in a particular group. In this case, among… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
If you're Filipino, you're the beaner of the Asian community 'cause you're just like us. You're indigenous people that got banged by… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
Americans don't want immigration. They don't want any more. Why can't we have a home? You see on 'National Geographic,' 'Oh, the… — Ann Coulter Copy Share Image
In every Indigenous community I've been in, they absolutely do want community infrastructure and they do want development, but they want it… — Rebecca Adamson Copy Share Image
As Indigenous peoples, we know there is more to the world. We know spirits exist. We know as women, because we're especially… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
US law and international human rights law have radically diverged in the past years in terms of the recognition of indigenous people's… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of… — Matthew Coon Come Copy Share Image
Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in… — Wade Davis Copy Share Image
How can we possibly say the root of the Canadian approach to citizenship and immigration comes from Europe or the United States?… — John Ralston Saul Copy Share Image
If you take a look at the breaches of rights, whether it's the underfunding of education or health care, and all these… — Paul Martin Copy Share Image
In a society where all are related, simple decisions require the approval of nearly everyone in that society. It is society as… — Rebecca Adamson Copy Share Image
We must pay close attention to those with another imagination: an imagination outside of capitalism, as well as communism. We will soon… — Arundhati Roy Copy Share Image
One of the movements we have developed is to say that, just as intellectual property rights protect the inventions of individuals, common… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
Look, you are interested in trying to make sure that governments keep a clean environment, have regard for the lifestyles of indigenous… — Mary Robinson Copy Share Image
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