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title: "Best Indigenous Thoughts"
description: "Browse 425 Indigenous quotes by 282 authors. Discover the best Indigenous sayings and thoughts."
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> [Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nadine-gordimer/peace-the-upland-serenity-of-high-altitude-the-openness-of-grassland/)

[Nadine Gordimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nadine-gordimer/)

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> [Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/any-direct-experience-that-i-have-with-indigenous-peoples-and-their/)

[James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/)

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> [There are good reasons to push for more Indigenous Labor MPs, not just on equity but also for what they can contribute…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-shorten/there-are-good-reasons-to-push-for-more-indigenous-labor-mps-not-just/)

[Bill Shorten](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-shorten/)

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> [As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-it-has-for-america-s-other-indigenous-peoples-i-believe-the-united/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [All of my works are performance pieces, as is true for many writers of color, writers who have indigenous roots - because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sandra-cisneros/all-of-my-works-are-performance-pieces-as-is-true-for-many-writers-of/)

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

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> [Too often, governments are quick to use excessive force and even pervert the course of justice to keep oil and gas flowing,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-suzuki/too-often-governments-are-quick-to-use-excessive-force-and-even/)

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

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> [The provision of basic material needs is not sufficient to make minority groups and indigenous peoples feel they are truly part of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/aung-san-suu-kyi/the-provision-of-basic-material-needs-is-not-sufficient-to-make/)

[Aung San Suu Kyi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/aung-san-suu-kyi/)

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> [Many Indians have told me that the most basic difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that Westerners view the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/many-indians-have-told-me-that-the-most-basic-difference-between/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“As Anne Keala Kelly's portrait of two houseless Hawaiian women warriors that opens this collection reminds us, in no uncertain terms: an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noelani-goodyear-ka-opua/as-anne-keala-kelly-s-portrait-of-two-houseless-hawaiian-women/)

[Noelani Goodyear-Ka'opua](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noelani-goodyear-ka-opua/)

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> [I can't imagine what it must be like to be one of the indigenous people of the United States of America. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/w-kamau-bell/i-can-t-imagine-what-it-must-be-like-to-be-one-of-the-indigenous/)

[W. Kamau Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/w-kamau-bell/)

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> [I come from somewhere and from specific black people in the South, including my parents, who built our first school, and rebuilt…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-come-from-somewhere-and-from-specific-black-people-in-the-south/)

[Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/)

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> [That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/that-s-the-way-i-do-things-when-i-want-to-celebrate-i-always-plant-a-2/)

[Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/)

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> [The Apology opened the opportunity for a new relationship based on mutual respect and mutual responsibility between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australia. Because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/the-apology-opened-the-opportunity-for-a-new-relationship-based-on/)

[Kevin Rudd](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kevin-rudd/)

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> [Starting out from the fact that the frustrated predominate among the early adherents of all mass movements and that they usually join…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-hoffer/starting-out-from-the-fact-that-the-frustrated-predominate-among-the/)

[Eric Hoffer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-hoffer/)

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> [There is a beautiful expression in Nicaragua: "struggle is the highest form of song". I love that. We are in the struggle.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eve-ensler/there-is-a-beautiful-expression-in-nicaragua-struggle-is-the-highest/)

[Eve Ensler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eve-ensler/)

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> [power... Military success is not sufficient to win: economic development, institution-building and the rule of law, promoting internal reconciliation, good governance, providing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-m-gates/power-military-success-is-not-sufficient-to-win-economic-development/)

[Robert M. Gates](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-m-gates/)

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> [What we want for the Iranian people is control over their own government, which they don't have now. So you would do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/what-we-want-for-the-iranian-people-is-control-over-their-own/)

[John Bolton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-bolton/)

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> [This is the welfare generation, and that is incredibly sad. That will be judged in history as being far worse, I believe,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-forrest/this-is-the-welfare-generation-and-that-is-incredibly-sad-that-will/)

[Andrew Forrest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-forrest/)

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> [The environmental catastrophes we're presently seeing are considered "normal" though they're horrific. Fracking has made drinking water flammable, families are dying from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-weinstein/the-environmental-catastrophes-we-re-presently-seeing-are-considered/)

[Alexander Weinstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-weinstein/)

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> [“The indigenous peoples of the great tourist spots seem to lose their souls. All cultural, religious, and political efforts and ideals are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-indigenous-peoples-of-the-great-tourist-spots-seem-to-lose-their/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Bolivia is in the lead internationally in talking about the threat of environmental catastrophe. It's generally true where there are indigenous populations,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/noam-chomsky/bolivia-is-in-the-lead-internationally-in-talking-about-the-threat-of/)

[Noam Chomsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/noam-chomsky/)

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> [For Indigenous peoples , the impact of separating us from our heritage goes directly to the heart that pumps life through our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mick-dodson/for-indigenous-peoples-the-impact-of-separating-us-from-our-heritage/)

[Mick Dodson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mick-dodson/)

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> [We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-paul-nabhan/we-need-to-return-to-learning-about-the-land-by-being-on-the-land-or/)

[Gary Paul Nabhan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-paul-nabhan/)

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> [In 2006, I entered the presidential palace in the main square of La Paz as the first indigenous president of Bolivia. Our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/in-2006-i-entered-the-presidential-palace-in-the-main-square-of-la/)

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

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> [I want to do the right things - I want to plant trees, I want to make sure that the indigenous forests…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wangari-maathai/i-want-to-do-the-right-things-i-want-to-plant-trees-i-want-to-make/)

[Wangari Maathai](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wangari-maathai/)

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> [I was only into 'Star Wars' because I was into the Ewoks. I didn't know this then, but they're such a beacon…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lily-gladstone/i-was-only-into-star-wars-because-i-was-into-the-ewoks-i-didn-t-know/)

[Lily Gladstone](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lily-gladstone/)

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> [I had made an independent film - 'Footsteps' - in the U.K. that hadn't really done anything, so my wife suggested we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gareth-evans/i-had-made-an-independent-film-footsteps-in-the-u-k-that-hadn-t/)

[Gareth Evans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gareth-evans/)

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> [For Indigenous Australians, equal rights and citizenship have not always translated into full participation in Australian society. All Indigenous Australians have only…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-huggins/for-indigenous-australians-equal-rights-and-citizenship-have-not/)

[Jackie Huggins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jackie-huggins/)

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> [The differences between Indigenous and not Indigenous Australians can be easily attributed not to differences in their genes but to differences in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-marmot/the-differences-between-indigenous-and-not-indigenous-australians-can/)

[Michael Marmot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-marmot/)

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> [I don't hate redheads! The millionaire men - wealthy men - never pick them. Every time I offer them they say no.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patti-stanger/i-don-t-hate-redheads-the-millionaire-men-wealthy-men-never-pick-them/)

[Patti Stanger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patti-stanger/)

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> [I often wonder, when I hear some important speaker rattle off the rote land acknowledgements that have become the standard introduction for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-macdonald/i-often-wonder-when-i-hear-some-important-speaker-rattle-off-the-rote/)

[Neil Macdonald](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-macdonald/)

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> [Baldness that appears to be normal is a disease in Europe, almost all of them are bald, and that is because of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/baldness-that-appears-to-be-normal-is-a-disease-in-europe-almost-all/)

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

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> [We cannot allow some people to be left at the back of the human rights bus... We must ensure the rights of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-coon-come/we-cannot-allow-some-people-to-be-left-at-the-back-of-the-human/)

[Matthew Coon Come](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-coon-come/)

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> [Sensitivity to nature is not an innate attribute of indigenous peoples. It is a consequence of adaptive choices that have resulted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/sensitivity-to-nature-is-not-an-innate-attribute-of-indigenous/)

[Wade Davis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wade-davis/)

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> [If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malcolm-fraser/if-we-had-we-would-have-realised-sooner-that-indigenous-organisations/)

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

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> [Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sarah-zettel/then-i-realized-that-there-is-an-indigenous-presence-in-the-solar/)

[Sarah Zettel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sarah-zettel/)

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> [Canada, having few indigenous prejudices, has been compelled to import them from elsewhere, duty-free, and it is the rare Canadian who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robertson-davies/canada-having-few-indigenous-prejudices-has-been-compelled-to-import/)

[Robertson Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robertson-davies/)

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> [In Bolivia there are Catholic, Evangelical, Methodist, Baptist churches, and so on. In Bolivia there are indigenous religious beliefs like the rite…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/evo-morales/in-bolivia-there-are-catholic-evangelical-methodist-baptist-churches/)

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

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> [To say that certainly America was very lucky to get a large amount of land, and the native Indians were extremely unlucky…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amartya-sen/to-say-that-certainly-america-was-very-lucky-to-get-a-large-amount-of/)

[Amartya Sen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amartya-sen/)

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> [Indigenous people made huge contributions to this country. The biggest is in sharing the land and resources. People need to see that,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-bellegarde/indigenous-people-made-huge-contributions-to-this-country-the-biggest/)

[Perry Bellegarde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/perry-bellegarde/)

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                        "text": "There is a beautiful expression in Nicaragua: \"struggle is the highest form of song\". I love that. We are in the struggle. It's like a river. Once you step into it you become the river. It's not, you go out and click on a couple of charities that you believe in, march in the Women's March, and you're done. Struggle becomes your life, transforming a paradigm that is based on domination into a paradigm of co-operation. Fighting for the liberation of women, of people of color, of indigenous people, of lgbtq communities. Fighting to protect immigrants and assuring the safety of refugees.",
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                        "text": "I don't hate redheads! The millionaire men - wealthy men - never pick them. Every time I offer them they say no. I could say the most gorgeous redhead in the world and they'll say no, they don't want it. Now if you ask an Irish guy in Ireland, he says 'yes,' because that's indigenous to that country.",
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