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
You have to look at what the United Nations Declaration of Rights of Indigenous people says which is free and prior informed… — Elizabeth May 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
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
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
I was shocked when I moved to Sydney how very few indigenous people I came across. And so when I go to… — Shari Sebbens 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
What we want for the Iranian people is control over their own government, which they don't have now. So you would do… — John Bolton Copy Share Image
We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous… — Evaristo Nugkuag Copy Share Image
“If our best-educated citizens have no idea how to answer these basic questions, we will struggle to build a democracy that can… — Peter singer Copy Share Image
For the Amahuaca, the Koyukon, the Apache, and the diverse Aboriginal peoples of Australia - as for numerous other indigenous peoples -… — David Abram Copy Share Image
No event for the Koyukon - or for most other indigenous peoples - is ever entirely meaningless or accidental, but neither is… — David Abram Copy Share Image
“The question is whether or not you choose to disturb the world around you, or if you choose to let it go… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
In the present, the way benevolence is expressed is in conceptualizing the Native as a historical relic; US people have to be… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
I would like to quote a very prejudicial doctrine that was handed down by the Supreme Court in 1823. It said that… — Floyd Red Crow Westerman Copy Share Image
A great deal of anthropological/ethnological literature describes indigenous peoples who live in oneness with the natural world and one another. Survival itself… — John Zerzan Copy Share Image
“The indigenous peoples of the great tourist spots seem to lose their souls. All cultural, religious, and political efforts and ideals are… — Anonymous 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
And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see… — Tom Cole 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
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
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
The importance of the term "genocide" for many Indigenous Peoples is that it is more than a term or an accusation; it… — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz Copy Share Image
“There is no environment "out there" that is separate from us. We can't manage our impact on the environment if we are… — David Suzuki Copy Share Image
In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies,… — Jon Stewart Copy Share Image
When I was doing missionary work when I was younger, which started this obsession of mine with the literature of witness, I… — Luis Alberto Urrea Copy Share Image
Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything… — Perry Bellegarde Copy Share Image
I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
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