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
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
Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
The indigenous peoples never had, and still do not have, the place that they should have occupied in the progress and benefits… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
“[T]he old stories of human relationships with animals can't be discounted. They are not primitive; they are primal. They reflect insights that… — Linda Hogan Copy Share Image
“It is a positive sign that a growing number of social movements are recognizing that indigenous self-determination must become the foundation for… — Harsha Walia Copy Share Image
Nebraska was home to indigenous peoples for centuries. It became a state in 1867, and has produced an important literary figure, Willa… — Stephen Kinzer Copy Share Image
Cultural survival is not about preservation, sequestering indigenous peoples in enclaves like some sort of zoological specimens. Change itself does note destroy… — Wade Davis 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
Forced labor affects the most vulnerable and least protected people, perpetuating a vicious cycle of poverty and dependency. Women, low-skilled migrant workers,… — Wagner Moura Copy Share Image
“Cultivating an ethic of responsibility begins with nonnatives understanding ourselves as beneficiaries of the illegal settlement of indigenous people's land, and unjust… — Harsha Walia 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
I am deeply gladdened that 1993 has been delcared the International Year of Indigenous Peoples by the United Nations. It is the… — Rigoberta Menchu Copy Share Image
Throughout every presidency since the heist of our country from indigenous peoples, the black American experience has been exceptional in its discomfort.… — Patrisse Cullors 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
Indigenous peoples was messed over. It was like a tradition here. We broke every treaty with them that ever was written. I… — Dr. John Copy Share Image
“People acquire a right to property by giving it value - which Locke makes very clear means exchange value. This had vast… — Ellen Meiksins Wood Copy Share Image
Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“The fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to… — Derrick Jensen Copy Share Image
“For thousands of years, imperial conquests have been launched by Asians, Africans, and indigenous peoples of the Western Hemisphere, as well as… — Thomas Sowell Copy Share Image
“Before the first settlers arrived on American shores, a massive plague, or series of plagues, had essentially annihilated the indigenous peoples. They” — Evan Currie 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
Baldness that appears to be normal is a disease in Europe, almost all of them are bald, and that is because of… — Evo Morales Copy Share Image
When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they… — Mary Pipher Copy Share Image
For Indigenous peoples , the impact of separating us from our heritage goes directly to the heart that pumps life through our… — Mick Dodson Copy Share Image
