---
title: "Famous Indigenous Quotes"
description: "Browse 425 Indigenous quotes by 282 authors. Discover the best Indigenous sayings and thoughts."
image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/margaret-atwood-40_faith_no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise_579252.jpg"
---

> [“No empire imposed by force or otherwise has ever been without this feature: control of the indigenous by members of their own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise-has-ever-been-without-this/)

[Margaret Atwood](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/margaret-atwood/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/margaret-atwood-40_faith_no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise_579252.jpg)

> [Cumbia is a beautiful rhythm. It's a music that has indigenous, African and European components. It's played in all of America -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-campodonico/cumbia-is-a-beautiful-rhythm-it-s-a-music-that-has-indigenous-african/)

Juan Campodonico

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/juan-campodonico-110361_across_cumbia-is-a-beautiful-rhythm-it-s-a-musi_170001.jpg)

> [For centuries, cultures throughout the world have used indigenous technologies to navigate life's complexities. From navigator-priests in Micronesia to mystics in India,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kapu-uwailani-lindsey/for-centuries-cultures-throughout-the-world-have-used-indigenous/)

[Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-kapu-uwailani-lindsey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/elizabeth-kapu-uwailani-lindse_available_for-centuries-cultures-throughout-the-wo_2392145.jpg)

> [So "Embrace Of The Serpent" is told from the points of view and in the languages of the indigenous peoples of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-the-points-of-view-and-in-the/)

[Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/tom-cole-27756_amazon_so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-t_3210469.png)

> [“The purpose of any ceremony is to build stronger relationship or bridge the distance between our cosmos and us. The research that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-wilson/the-purpose-of-any-ceremony-is-to-build-stronger-relationship-or/)

Shawn Wilson

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/shawn-wilson-99515_ceremony_the-purpose-of-any-ceremony-is-to-build_208076.jpg)

> [“There are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous communities and nations, comprising nearly three million people in the United States. These…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/there-are-more-than-five-hundred-federally-recognized-indigenous/)

[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-24305_indians_there-are-more-than-five-hundred-federal_2803427.jpg)

> [I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except…](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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/russell-means-12584_age_i-d-like-to-talk-about-free-markets-info_623651.jpg)

> [Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/planting-native-species-in-our-gardens-and-communities-is/)

[David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/david-suzuki-1744_bird_planting-native-species-in-our-gardens-a_1057183.jpg)

> [And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-complicated-theodor-koch/)

[Tom Cole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-cole/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/tom-cole-27756_amazon_and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-co_265167.jpg)

> [Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and $50 million in preventative care,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/health-economists-have-estimated-that-an-injection-of-250-million-per/)

[Malcolm Fraser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malcolm-fraser/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/malcolm-fraser-17691_care_health-economists-have-estimated-that-an_2486932.png)

> [Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-banks/since-the-beginning-native-peoples-lived-a-life-of-being-in-harmony/)

[Dennis Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-banks/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/dennis-banks-22582_aboriginal_since-the-beginning-native-peoples-lived_889610.jpg)

> [The Mapuche are our indigenous people from the south, the Patagonia. They are a vey wise and luminous ancient cavitation, which is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucia-puenzo/the-mapuche-are-our-indigenous-people-from-the-south-the-patagonia/)

[Lucia Puenzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucia-puenzo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/lucia-puenzo-38070_ancient_the-mapuche-are-our-indigenous-people-fr_1294115.jpg)

> [Full Circle integrates the indigenous and modern practices, bringing individuals, community and organizations together as indispensable collaborators realizing a co-creative, sustainable and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-keegan/full-circle-integrates-the-indigenous-and-modern-practices-bringing/)

Andrew Keegan

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/andrew-keegan-83404_bringing_full-circle-integrates-the-indigenous-an_1513861.jpg)

> [I find a difference between what gets called world music - a fusion of western music and music from different cultures in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-kotche/i-find-a-difference-between-what-gets-called-world-music-a-fusion-of/)

[Glenn Kotche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-kotche/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/glenn-kotche-39788_culture_i-find-a-difference-between-what-gets-ca_1774360.jpg)

> [For me, Cathy Freeman was definitely my idol and inspiration growing up. Everyone saw what she achieved on the track... but for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patty-mills/for-me-cathy-freeman-was-definitely-my-idol-and-inspiration-growing/)

[Patty Mills](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patty-mills/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/patty-mills-6365_eye_for-me-cathy-freeman-was-definitely-my-i_1266127.jpg)

> [I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/i-resolutely-believe-that-respect-for-diversity-is-a-fundamental/)

[Rigoberta Menchu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rigoberta-menchu/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/rigoberta-menchu-13774_against-racism_i-resolutely-believe-that-respect-for-di_22709.png)

> [I believe that in order to tackle the big issues of the world today, like environmental issues, we need everybody's involvement. We…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-franti/i-believe-that-in-order-to-tackle-the-big-issues-of-the-world-today/)

[Michael Franti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-franti/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/michael-franti-2651_believe_i-believe-that-in-order-to-tackle-the-bi_140985.jpg)

> [“The fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-jensen/the-fundamental-difference-between-civilized-and-indigenous-ways-of/)

[Derrick Jensen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/derrick-jensen/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/derrick-jensen-2824_indigenous_the-fundamental-difference-between-civil_2240190.jpg)

> [Spanish is a poetic language, in particular the Spanish of Mexico which has a wonderful animistic attitude you might not see in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particular-the-spanish-of-mexico/)

[Sandra Cisneros](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sandra-cisneros/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png)

> [Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-clarkson/supercars-are-supposed-to-run-over-arthur-scargill-and-then-run-over/)

[Jeremy Clarkson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeremy-clarkson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/jeremy-clarkson-2634_arthur_supercars-are-supposed-to-run-over-arthu_2773148.jpg)

> [There are certain aspects of me that can be bad-ass sometimes, but being able to push it to the extreme is something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tinsel-korey/there-are-certain-aspects-of-me-that-can-be-bad-ass-sometimes-but/)

[Tinsel Korey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tinsel-korey/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/tinsel-korey-14292_able_there-are-certain-aspects-of-me-that-can_227060.jpg)

> [Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haile-selassie/thousands-of-years-ago-civilizations-flourished-in-africa-which/)

[Haile Selassie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haile-selassie/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/haile-selassie-7583_century_thousands-of-years-ago-civilizations-flo_1048137.jpg)

> [As an indigenous leader from Bolivia, I know what exclusion looks like. Before 1952, my people were not allowed to even enter…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/as-an-indigenous-leader-from-bolivia-i-know-what-exclusion-looks-like/)

[Evo Morales](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/evo-morales/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/evo-morales-4556_allowed_as-an-indigenous-leader-from-bolivia-i-k_3174622.png)

> [I believe that the debate of 'Who should tell indigenous stories?' is very important. It's something that should be talked about. I'm…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niki-caro/i-believe-that-the-debate-of-who-should-tell-indigenous-stories-is/)

[Niki Caro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/niki-caro/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/niki-caro-13035_believe_i-believe-that-the-debate-of-who-should_790178.jpg)

> [“There is no environment "out there" that is separate from us. We can't manage our impact on the environment if we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/there-is-no-environment-out-there-that-is-separate-from-us-we-can-t/)

[David Suzuki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-suzuki/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/david-suzuki-1744_environment_there-is-no-environment-out-there-that-i_3137163.png)

## Top authors on Indigenous

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rigoberta-menchu-79161.jpg) Rigoberta Menchu 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rigoberta-menchu/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b009/author-evo-morales-34390.jpg) Evo Morales 11 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/evo-morales/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-noam-chomsky-71799.jpg) Noam Chomsky 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/noam-chomsky/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-malcolm-fraser-62853.jpg) Malcolm Fraser 8 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/malcolm-fraser/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-rebecca-adamson-77772.jpg) Rebecca Adamson 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/rebecca-adamson/)
- [Perry Bellegarde 6 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/perry-bellegarde/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-patty-mills-6365.jpg) Patty Mills 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/patty-mills/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b002/author-lily-gladstone-6158.jpg) Lily Gladstone 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/lily-gladstone/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b015/author-kevin-rudd-56900.jpg) Kevin Rudd 6 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/kevin-rudd/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-sandra-cisneros-82933.jpg) Sandra Cisneros 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/sandra-cisneros/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-roxanne-dunbarortiz-81448.jpg) Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/)
- [Jackie Huggins 5 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/jackie-huggins/)

```json
{
    "@context": "https://schema.org",
    "@graph": [
        {
            "@type": "ItemList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/#itemlist",
            "name": "Indigenous Quotes",
            "numberOfItems": 25,
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“No empire imposed by force or otherwise has ever been without this feature: control of the indigenous by members of their own group. In the case of Gilead, there were many women willing to serve as Aunts, either because of a genuine belief in what they called \"traditional values\", or for the benefits they might thereby acquire. When power is scarce, a little of it is tempting.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Margaret Atwood"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/margaret-atwood/no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise-has-ever-been-without-this/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/margaret-atwood-40_faith_no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise_579252.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/margaret-atwood-40_faith_no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise_579252.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/margaret-atwood-40_faith_no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise_579252.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“No empire imposed by force or otherwise has ever been without this feature: control of the indigenous by…” — Margaret Atwood",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Cumbia is a beautiful rhythm. It's a music that has indigenous, African and European components. It's played in all of America - from Argentina to the U.S. It has mutated and been nurtured by everyone who comes across it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Juan Campodonico"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/juan-campodonico/cumbia-is-a-beautiful-rhythm-it-s-a-music-that-has-indigenous-african/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/juan-campodonico-110361_across_cumbia-is-a-beautiful-rhythm-it-s-a-musi_170001.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/juan-campodonico-110361_across_cumbia-is-a-beautiful-rhythm-it-s-a-musi_170001.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24e/juan-campodonico-110361_across_cumbia-is-a-beautiful-rhythm-it-s-a-musi_170001.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Cumbia is a beautiful rhythm. It's a music that has indigenous, African and European components. It's played…” — Juan Campodonico",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "For centuries, cultures throughout the world have used indigenous technologies to navigate life's complexities. From navigator-priests in Micronesia to mystics in India, vast sums of knowledge are available if we but recognize it.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-kapu-uwailani-lindsey/for-centuries-cultures-throughout-the-world-have-used-indigenous/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/elizabeth-kapu-uwailani-lindse_available_for-centuries-cultures-throughout-the-wo_2392145.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/elizabeth-kapu-uwailani-lindse_available_for-centuries-cultures-throughout-the-wo_2392145.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33b/elizabeth-kapu-uwailani-lindse_available_for-centuries-cultures-throughout-the-wo_2392145.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“For centuries, cultures throughout the world have used indigenous technologies to navigate life's…” — Elizabeth Kapu'uwailani Lindsey",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "So \"Embrace Of The Serpent\" is told from the points of view and in the languages of the indigenous peoples of the Amazon. He [Guerra] went there before shooting began, with a script written mostly in Spanish.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Cole"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-the-points-of-view-and-in-the/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/tom-cole-27756_amazon_so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-t_3210469.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/tom-cole-27756_amazon_so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-t_3210469.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d81/tom-cole-27756_amazon_so-embrace-of-the-serpent-is-told-from-t_3210469.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“So \"Embrace Of The Serpent\" is told from the points of view and in the languages of the indigenous peoples…” — Tom Cole",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 5,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“The purpose of any ceremony is to build stronger relationship or bridge the distance between our cosmos and us. The research that we do as Indigenous people is a ceremony that allows us a raised level of consciousness and insight into our world. Through going forward together with open minds and good hearts we have uncovered the nature of this ceremony”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Shawn Wilson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shawn-wilson/the-purpose-of-any-ceremony-is-to-build-stronger-relationship-or/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/shawn-wilson-99515_ceremony_the-purpose-of-any-ceremony-is-to-build_208076.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/shawn-wilson-99515_ceremony_the-purpose-of-any-ceremony-is-to-build_208076.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ce8/shawn-wilson-99515_ceremony_the-purpose-of-any-ceremony-is-to-build_208076.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The purpose of any ceremony is to build stronger relationship or bridge the distance between our cosmos and…” — Shawn Wilson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 6,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“There are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous communities and nations, comprising nearly three million people in the United States. These are the descendants of the fifteen million original inhabitants of the land, the majority of whom were farmers who lived in towns.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz/there-are-more-than-five-hundred-federally-recognized-indigenous/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-24305_indians_there-are-more-than-five-hundred-federal_2803427.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-24305_indians_there-are-more-than-five-hundred-federal_2803427.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9c7/roxanne-dunbar-ortiz-24305_indians_there-are-more-than-five-hundred-federal_2803427.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous communities and nations, comprising nearly…” — Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 7,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "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 markets where indigenous people are still surviving. And that's basically becoming limited.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Russell Means"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/russell-means/i-d-like-to-talk-about-free-markets-information-in-the-computer-age/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/russell-means-12584_age_i-d-like-to-talk-about-free-markets-info_623651.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/russell-means-12584_age_i-d-like-to-talk-about-free-markets-info_623651.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5bc/russell-means-12584_age_i-d-like-to-talk-about-free-markets-info_623651.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on…” — Russell Means",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 8,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands, and sometimes millions, of years they have co-evolved to live in local climate and soil conditions.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "David Suzuki"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/planting-native-species-in-our-gardens-and-communities-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/david-suzuki-1744_bird_planting-native-species-in-our-gardens-a_1057183.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/david-suzuki-1744_bird_planting-native-species-in-our-gardens-a_1057183.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/563/david-suzuki-1744_bird_planting-native-species-in-our-gardens-a_1057183.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous…” — David Suzuki",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 9,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous peoples in the Amazon see these outsiders following in each other's footsteps as the same person, a single soul traversing across several lives. They also see time as something that doesn't proceed inexorably into the future.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tom Cole"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-cole/and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-complicated-theodor-koch/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/tom-cole-27756_amazon_and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-co_265167.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/tom-cole-27756_amazon_and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-co_265167.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ff/tom-cole-27756_amazon_and-what-they-believe-in-real-life-is-co_265167.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“And what they believe in real life is complicated. Theodor Koch-Grunberg wrote in his diary that indigenous…” — Tom Cole",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 10,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and $50 million in preventative care, is required to provide services at the same level as for any other group with the health conditions of Indigenous Australians.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Malcolm Fraser"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/health-economists-have-estimated-that-an-injection-of-250-million-per/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/malcolm-fraser-17691_care_health-economists-have-estimated-that-an_2486932.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/malcolm-fraser-17691_care_health-economists-have-estimated-that-an_2486932.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/30e/malcolm-fraser-17691_care_health-economists-have-estimated-that-an_2486932.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and…” — Malcolm Fraser",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 11,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that all humankind are related to each other. Each has a purpose, spirit and sacredness. It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways. And in this understanding we believe we are related to all other living species...",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Dennis Banks"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-banks/since-the-beginning-native-peoples-lived-a-life-of-being-in-harmony/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/dennis-banks-22582_aboriginal_since-the-beginning-native-peoples-lived_889610.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/dennis-banks-22582_aboriginal_since-the-beginning-native-peoples-lived_889610.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e86/dennis-banks-22582_aboriginal_since-the-beginning-native-peoples-lived_889610.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a…” — Dennis Banks",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 12,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "The Mapuche are our indigenous people from the south, the Patagonia. They are a vey wise and luminous ancient cavitation, which is completely opposite to where Nazism was headed. In the novel [Wakolda], the theme of racial purity and the Nazi obsession with it was much more developed.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Lucia Puenzo"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucia-puenzo/the-mapuche-are-our-indigenous-people-from-the-south-the-patagonia/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/lucia-puenzo-38070_ancient_the-mapuche-are-our-indigenous-people-fr_1294115.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/lucia-puenzo-38070_ancient_the-mapuche-are-our-indigenous-people-fr_1294115.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2a9/lucia-puenzo-38070_ancient_the-mapuche-are-our-indigenous-people-fr_1294115.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The Mapuche are our indigenous people from the south, the Patagonia. They are a vey wise and luminous…” — Lucia Puenzo",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 13,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Full Circle integrates the indigenous and modern practices, bringing individuals, community and organizations together as indispensable collaborators realizing a co-creative, sustainable and fulfilling future.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Andrew Keegan"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-keegan/full-circle-integrates-the-indigenous-and-modern-practices-bringing/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/andrew-keegan-83404_bringing_full-circle-integrates-the-indigenous-an_1513861.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/andrew-keegan-83404_bringing_full-circle-integrates-the-indigenous-an_1513861.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e2/andrew-keegan-83404_bringing_full-circle-integrates-the-indigenous-an_1513861.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Full Circle integrates the indigenous and modern practices, bringing individuals, community and…” — Andrew Keegan",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 14,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I find a difference between what gets called world music - a fusion of western music and music from different cultures in more of a modernized version - and Explorer Series stuff, which is completely undiluted indigenous folk music. That's a lot more powerful than a lot of the super-processed stuff that comes out now.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Glenn Kotche"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-kotche/i-find-a-difference-between-what-gets-called-world-music-a-fusion-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/glenn-kotche-39788_culture_i-find-a-difference-between-what-gets-ca_1774360.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/glenn-kotche-39788_culture_i-find-a-difference-between-what-gets-ca_1774360.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ec9/glenn-kotche-39788_culture_i-find-a-difference-between-what-gets-ca_1774360.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I find a difference between what gets called world music - a fusion of western music and music from…” — Glenn Kotche",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 15,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "For me, Cathy Freeman was definitely my idol and inspiration growing up. Everyone saw what she achieved on the track... but for me it was how she carried herself as an indigenous woman. For me, that's what caught my eye and why I wanted to be like her.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Patty Mills"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patty-mills/for-me-cathy-freeman-was-definitely-my-idol-and-inspiration-growing/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/patty-mills-6365_eye_for-me-cathy-freeman-was-definitely-my-i_1266127.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/patty-mills-6365_eye_for-me-cathy-freeman-was-definitely-my-i_1266127.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/41b/patty-mills-6365_eye_for-me-cathy-freeman-was-definitely-my-i_1266127.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“For me, Cathy Freeman was definitely my idol and inspiration growing up. Everyone saw what she achieved on…” — Patty Mills",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 16,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for evading the responsibility of finding the most suitable path toward the elimination of any expression of discrimination against indigenous peoples.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Rigoberta Menchu"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/i-resolutely-believe-that-respect-for-diversity-is-a-fundamental/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/rigoberta-menchu-13774_against-racism_i-resolutely-believe-that-respect-for-di_22709.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/rigoberta-menchu-13774_against-racism_i-resolutely-believe-that-respect-for-di_22709.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d11/rigoberta-menchu-13774_against-racism_i-resolutely-believe-that-respect-for-di_22709.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism…” — Rigoberta Menchu",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 17,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I believe that in order to tackle the big issues of the world today, like environmental issues, we need everybody's involvement. We need the resources of the corporate world. We need the cooperation of governments. We need the wisdom of indigenous people.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Michael Franti"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-franti/i-believe-that-in-order-to-tackle-the-big-issues-of-the-world-today/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/michael-franti-2651_believe_i-believe-that-in-order-to-tackle-the-bi_140985.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/michael-franti-2651_believe_i-believe-that-in-order-to-tackle-the-bi_140985.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efb/michael-franti-2651_believe_i-believe-that-in-order-to-tackle-the-bi_140985.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I believe that in order to tackle the big issues of the world today, like environmental issues, we need…” — Michael Franti",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 18,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“The fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that for even the most open-minded of the civilized, listening to the natural world is a metaphor. For traditional indigenous peoples it is not a metaphor; it is how you relate to the real world.”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Derrick Jensen"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-jensen/the-fundamental-difference-between-civilized-and-indigenous-ways-of/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/derrick-jensen-2824_indigenous_the-fundamental-difference-between-civil_2240190.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/derrick-jensen-2824_indigenous_the-fundamental-difference-between-civil_2240190.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/24d/derrick-jensen-2824_indigenous_the-fundamental-difference-between-civil_2240190.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“The fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that for even the most…” — Derrick Jensen",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 19,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Spanish is a poetic language, in particular the Spanish of Mexico which has a wonderful animistic attitude you might not see in the Spanish of the peninsula. I think it has to do with the indigenous way of looking at nature.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Sandra Cisneros"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particular-the-spanish-of-mexico/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/042/sandra-cisneros-862_attitude_spanish-is-a-poetic-language-in-particul_3112152.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Spanish is a poetic language, in particular the Spanish of Mexico which has a wonderful animistic attitude…” — Sandra Cisneros",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 20,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt ice caps, kill the poor, poison the water table, destroy the ozone layer, decimate indigenous wildlife, recapture the Falkland Islands and turn the entire third world into a huge uninhabitable desert, all that before they nicked all the oil in the world",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Jeremy Clarkson"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeremy-clarkson/supercars-are-supposed-to-run-over-arthur-scargill-and-then-run-over/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/jeremy-clarkson-2634_arthur_supercars-are-supposed-to-run-over-arthu_2773148.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/jeremy-clarkson-2634_arthur_supercars-are-supposed-to-run-over-arthu_2773148.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/991/jeremy-clarkson-2634_arthur_supercars-are-supposed-to-run-over-arthu_2773148.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are…” — Jeremy Clarkson",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 21,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "There are certain aspects of me that can be bad-ass sometimes, but being able to push it to the extreme is something I'd love to play. You don't get those roles, as a female, and especially as an indigenous female. There aren't those roles out there, so I want that. I want women to see a strong, sexy female without showing her body too much.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Tinsel Korey"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tinsel-korey/there-are-certain-aspects-of-me-that-can-be-bad-ass-sometimes-but/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/tinsel-korey-14292_able_there-are-certain-aspects-of-me-that-can_227060.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/tinsel-korey-14292_able_there-are-certain-aspects-of-me-that-can_227060.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/eb7/tinsel-korey-14292_able_there-are-certain-aspects-of-me-that-can_227060.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There are certain aspects of me that can be bad-ass sometimes, but being able to push it to the extreme is…” — Tinsel Korey",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 22,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those of other continents. In those centuries, Africans were politically free and economically independent. Their social patterns were their own and their cultures truly indigenous.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Haile Selassie"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haile-selassie/thousands-of-years-ago-civilizations-flourished-in-africa-which/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/haile-selassie-7583_century_thousands-of-years-ago-civilizations-flo_1048137.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/haile-selassie-7583_century_thousands-of-years-ago-civilizations-flo_1048137.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5b4/haile-selassie-7583_century_thousands-of-years-ago-civilizations-flo_1048137.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“Thousands of years ago, civilizations flourished in Africa which suffer not at all by comparison with those…” — Haile Selassie",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 23,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "As an indigenous leader from Bolivia, I know what exclusion looks like. Before 1952, my people were not allowed to even enter the main squares of Bolivia's cities, and there were almost no indigenous politicians in government until the late 1990s.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Evo Morales"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/as-an-indigenous-leader-from-bolivia-i-know-what-exclusion-looks-like/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/evo-morales-4556_allowed_as-an-indigenous-leader-from-bolivia-i-k_3174622.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/evo-morales-4556_allowed_as-an-indigenous-leader-from-bolivia-i-k_3174622.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/698/evo-morales-4556_allowed_as-an-indigenous-leader-from-bolivia-i-k_3174622.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“As an indigenous leader from Bolivia, I know what exclusion looks like. Before 1952, my people were not…” — Evo Morales",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 24,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "I believe that the debate of 'Who should tell indigenous stories?' is very important. It's something that should be talked about. I'm totally up for that and if my work can be part of that debate, I'm thrilled.",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "Niki Caro"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/niki-caro/i-believe-that-the-debate-of-who-should-tell-indigenous-stories-is/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/niki-caro-13035_believe_i-believe-that-the-debate-of-who-should_790178.jpg",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/niki-caro-13035_believe_i-believe-that-the-debate-of-who-should_790178.jpg",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/55c/niki-caro-13035_believe_i-believe-that-the-debate-of-who-should_790178.jpg",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“I believe that the debate of 'Who should tell indigenous stories?' is very important. It's something that…” — Niki Caro",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 25,
                    "item": {
                        "@type": "Quotation",
                        "text": "“There is no environment \"out there\" that is separate from us. We can't manage our impact on the environment if we are our surroundings. Indigenous people are absolutely correct: we are born of the earth and constructed from the four sacred elements of earth, air, fire and water. (Hindus list these four and add a fifth element, space.)”",
                        "creator": {
                            "@type": "Person",
                            "name": "David Suzuki"
                        },
                        "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/there-is-no-environment-out-there-that-is-separate-from-us-we-can-t/",
                        "image": {
                            "@type": "ImageObject",
                            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/david-suzuki-1744_environment_there-is-no-environment-out-there-that-i_3137163.png",
                            "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/david-suzuki-1744_environment_there-is-no-environment-out-there-that-i_3137163.png",
                            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/331/david-suzuki-1744_environment_there-is-no-environment-out-there-that-i_3137163.png",
                            "width": 1080,
                            "height": 1080,
                            "caption": "“There is no environment \"out there\" that is separate from us. We can't manage our impact on the environment…” — David Suzuki",
                            "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
                            "creator": {
                                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
                            }
                        }
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "CollectionPage",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/page/11/#webpage",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/page/11/",
            "name": "Indigenous Quotes · Page 11",
            "isPartOf": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website"
            },
            "mainEntity": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/#itemlist"
            },
            "primaryImageOfPage": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4fa/margaret-atwood-40_faith_no-empire-imposed-by-force-or-otherwise_579252.jpg"
            },
            "description": "Browse 425 Indigenous quotes by 282 authors. Discover the best Indigenous sayings and thoughts.",
            "breadcrumb": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/page/11/#breadcrumb"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/page/11/#breadcrumb",
            "itemListElement": [
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 1,
                    "name": "Home",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 2,
                    "name": "Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 3,
                    "name": "Topics",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/categories/"
                },
                {
                    "@type": "ListItem",
                    "position": 4,
                    "name": "Indigenous Quotes",
                    "item": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/page/11/"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "@type": "WebSite",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "publisher": {
                "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization"
            }
        },
        {
            "@type": "Organization",
            "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization",
            "name": "SMS4Smile Quotes",
            "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/",
            "logo": {
                "@type": "ImageObject",
                "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/themes/sq/assets/icons/icon-512.png",
                "width": 512,
                "height": 512
            }
        }
    ]
}
```
