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title: "Best Indigenous Proverbs"
description: "Browse 425 Indigenous quotes by 282 authors. Discover the best Indigenous sayings and thoughts."
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> [A good government is one with a duty to help everyone, to maximise his or her potential: Indigenous people, people with disabilities,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/warren-mundine/a-good-government-is-one-with-a-duty-to-help-everyone-to-maximise-his/)

[Warren Mundine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/warren-mundine/)

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> [Native people - about two-thirds of the uranium in the United States is on indigenous lands. On a worldwide scale, about 70…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winona-laduke/native-people-about-two-thirds-of-the-uranium-in-the-united-states-is/)

[Winona LaDuke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winona-laduke/)

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> [Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jackie-huggins/citizenship-has-not-delivered-indigenous-australians-the-same-quality/)

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

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> [It is said that our indigenous ancestors, Mayas and Aztecs, made human sacrifices to their gods. It occurs to me to ask:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/it-is-said-that-our-indigenous-ancestors-mayas-and-aztecs-made-human/)

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

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> [What Australia was before is the fullest Australia has ever been... as created and made and valued by indigenous people. The white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/galarrwuy-yunupingu/what-australia-was-before-is-the-fullest-australia-has-ever-been-as/)

Galarrwuy Yunupingu

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> ['Indigenous' is a bit of a gory thriller film that's centered around five best friends who take a vacation to Panama. They…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lindsey-mckeon/indigenous-is-a-bit-of-a-gory-thriller-film-that-s-centered-around/)

[Lindsey McKeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lindsey-mckeon/)

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> [We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-biko/we-do-not-want-to-be-reminded-that-it-is-we-the-indigenous-people-who/)

[Steven Biko](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-biko/)

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> [For Indigenous people, the goal for our land is definitely about protection, but it's also about use. We see ourselves as so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-adamson/for-indigenous-people-the-goal-for-our-land-is-definitely-about/)

[Rebecca Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-adamson/)

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> [It was not the right-wing Russians or the gun-toting settlers who carried out the Nakba. The Nakba is the legacy of Zionism's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/max-blumenthal/it-was-not-the-right-wing-russians-or-the-gun-toting-settlers-who/)

[Max Blumenthal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/max-blumenthal/)

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> [“It's been a relief to not have to fight so hard for at least a large group of us to question the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/shellen-lubin/it-s-been-a-relief-to-not-have-to-fight-so-hard-for-at-least-a-large/)

[Shellen Lubin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/shellen-lubin/)

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> [The indigenous understanding has its basis of spirituality in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things, a holistic…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-adamson/the-indigenous-understanding-has-its-basis-of-spirituality-in-a/)

[Rebecca Adamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-adamson/)

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> [Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/perry-bellegarde/now-is-the-time-to-take-stock-of-a-painful-part-of-our-history-only/)

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

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> [Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/malidoma-patrice-some/whether-they-are-raised-in-indigenous-or-modern-culture-there-are-two/)

[Malidoma Patrice Some](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/malidoma-patrice-some/)

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> [In Iraq #1 we stayed within U.N. mandates, limited our response, went home after Kuwait was freed - and were censured for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/victor-davis-hanson/in-iraq-1-we-stayed-within-u-n-mandates-limited-our-response-went/)

[Victor Davis Hanson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/victor-davis-hanson/)

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> [In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-stewart/in-fourteen-hundred-ninety-two-columbus-sailed-the-ocean-blue-and/)

[Jon Stewart](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-stewart/)

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> [Cultural survival is not about preservation, sequestering indigenous peoples in enclaves like some sort of zoological specimens. Change itself does note destroy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wade-davis/cultural-survival-is-not-about-preservation-sequestering-indigenous/)

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

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> [What I can say is that it was clear to many of us that an indigenous African literary renaissance was overdue. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chinua-achebe/what-i-can-say-is-that-it-was-clear-to-many-of-us-that-an-indigenous/)

[Chinua Achebe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chinua-achebe/)

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> [I didn't have any Indigenous friends until I was in my 30s, and I'll always remember and be inspired by the remarkable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-bryce/i-didn-t-have-any-indigenous-friends-until-i-was-in-my-30s-and-i-ll/)

[Quentin Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-bryce/)

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> [Today the governments of Latin America should be ashamed of not havingexterminated the indigenous, at the end of the twentieth century, because…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rigoberta-menchu/today-the-governments-of-latin-america-should-be-ashamed-of-not/)

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

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> [With support from institutions like the United Nations as well as the donor community, governments can strengthen their national technological and scientific…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/talal-abu-ghazaleh/with-support-from-institutions-like-the-united-nations-as-well-as-the/)

[Talal Abu-Ghazaleh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/talal-abu-ghazaleh/)

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> [Why is it that we ask the question about whether or not Indigenous people should have clean drinking water? We've got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jagmeet-singh/why-is-it-that-we-ask-the-question-about-whether-or-not-indigenous/)

[Jagmeet Singh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jagmeet-singh/)

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> [Despite all the hype about local or green food, the single biggest impediment to wider adoption is not research, programs, organizations, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joel-salatin/despite-all-the-hype-about-local-or-green-food-the-single-biggest/)

[Joel Salatin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joel-salatin/)

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> [The problem with politicians getting to know the issues in indigenous townships is that we tend to suffer from what Aboriginal people…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tony-abbott/the-problem-with-politicians-getting-to-know-the-issues-in-indigenous/)

[Tony Abbott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tony-abbott/)

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> [“To categorize some people as indigenous and others as alien, to argue about the identity of the first inhabitants of the subcontinent,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/romila-thapar/to-categorize-some-people-as-indigenous-and-others-as-alien-to-argue/)

[Romila Thapar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/romila-thapar/)

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> [“The United States wants all of us to forget the crimes it committed against the indigenous. The United States wants us to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/the-united-states-wants-all-of-us-to-forget-the-crimes-it-committed/)

[Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/)

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> [I think we have to keep working enormously hard to see that every single Indigenous child - every Australian child - has…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-bryce/i-think-we-have-to-keep-working-enormously-hard-to-see-that-every/)

[Quentin Bryce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-bryce/)

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> [“And afterward, I stopped at Red Cloud's grave to pay my respects to the old chief. Some Oglalas had left him tobacco…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/luis-alberto-urrea/and-afterward-i-stopped-at-red-cloud-s-grave-to-pay-my-respects-to/)

[Luis Alberto Urrea](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/luis-alberto-urrea/)

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> [Turkey tail mushrooms have been used to treat various maladies for hundreds of years in Asia, Europe, and by indigenous peoples in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-stamets/turkey-tail-mushrooms-have-been-used-to-treat-various-maladies-for/)

[Paul Stamets](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-stamets/)

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> [The role of globalization is to homogenize all cultures, and to turn them into commodified markets, and therefore, to make them easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-mander/the-role-of-globalization-is-to-homogenize-all-cultures-and-to-turn/)

[Jerry Mander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-mander/)

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> [We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-bolton/we-estimate-that-once-iraq-acquires-fissile-material-whether-from-a/)

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

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> [US law and international human rights law have radically diverged in the past years in terms of the recognition of indigenous people's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-williams-jr/us-law-and-international-human-rights-law-have-radically-diverged-in/)

[Robert A. Williams, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-williams-jr/)

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> [So what is the Dreaming? I would say the Dreaming is a non-indigenous term used in its broadest sense to describe the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hetti-perkins/so-what-is-the-dreaming-i-would-say-the-dreaming-is-a-non-indigenous/)

[Hetti Perkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hetti-perkins/)

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> [In all of my books, I've emphasized that the fundamental difference between civilized and indigenous ways of being is that, for even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/derrick-jensen/in-all-of-my-books-i-ve-emphasized-that-the-fundamental-difference/)

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

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> [The Caribbean is such an apocalyptic place, whether it's the decimation of the indigenous populations by the Europeans, whether it's the importation…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/junot-diaz/the-caribbean-is-such-an-apocalyptic-place-whether-it-s-the/)

[Junot Diaz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/junot-diaz/)

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> [The indigenous peoples understand that they have to recover their cultural identity, or to live it if they have already recovered it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-ruiz/the-indigenous-peoples-understand-that-they-have-to-recover-their/)

Samuel Ruiz

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> [With the goal of crafting a course that fits harmoniously with its surroundings, we took full advantage of the dramatic vistas, indigenous…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pete-dye/with-the-goal-of-crafting-a-course-that-fits-harmoniously-with-its/)

[Pete Dye](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pete-dye/)

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> [I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-ronstadt/i-grew-up-singing-mexican-music-and-that-s-based-on-indigenous/)

[Linda Ronstadt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-ronstadt/)

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> [There is a reason why the cultures of Indigenous Australia inspire such fascination. And that is that they represent a unique way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kevin-rudd/there-is-a-reason-why-the-cultures-of-indigenous-australia-inspire/)

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

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> [You've got so many groups that have no voice in this world - the indigenous, the poor. So how can I use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-roddick/you-ve-got-so-many-groups-that-have-no-voice-in-this-world-the/)

[Anita Roddick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-roddick/)

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> [There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-james-olmos/there-is-no-way-that-we-know-what-is-going-on-between-the-african/)

[Edward James Olmos](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-james-olmos/)

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                        "text": "Native people - about two-thirds of the uranium in the United States is on indigenous lands. On a worldwide scale, about 70 percent of the uranium is either in Aboriginal lands in Australia or up in the Subarctic of Canada, where native people are still fighting uranium mining.",
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                        "text": "Citizenship has not delivered Indigenous Australians the same quality of life other Australians expect. Basic human rights involve health, housing, education, employment, economic opportunity, and equality before the law, and respect for cultural identity and cultural diversity. These human rights must be capable of being enjoyed otherwise they are empty gestures.",
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                        "text": "What Australia was before is the fullest Australia has ever been... as created and made and valued by indigenous people. The white man came here and took it away, took it away and replaced it...",
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                        "text": "'Indigenous' is a bit of a gory thriller film that's centered around five best friends who take a vacation to Panama. They are enticed into the forbidden jungle by a local Panamanian and are being hunted by an indigenous creature - the legendary Chupacabra.",
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                        "text": "We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black Consciousness approach wishes to eradicate from the black man's mind before our society is driven to chaos by irresponsible people from Coca-cola and hamburger cultural backgrounds.",
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                        "text": "For Indigenous people, the goal for our land is definitely about protection, but it's also about use. We see ourselves as so integrated with our territory that our protection is tied to our use and our use is tied to our protection. We use the resources on our territory to live.",
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                        "text": "It was not the right-wing Russians or the gun-toting settlers who carried out the Nakba. The Nakba is the legacy of Zionism's putatively socialist wing. It was the grandfathers and mothers of the \"enlightened public\" of today's Israel who literally drove tens of thousands of indigenous Palestinians into the sea in 1947-48 all along the Mediterranean coast, or who marched them at gunpoint to Ramallah.",
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                        "text": "“It's been a relief to not have to fight so hard for at least a large group of us to question the old orthodoxy. Now many of us celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day, no matter if the government takes the legal designation away. I see it as a day to learn more about the people whose land we stole (yes, even we whose forebearers came more recently, because we continue to benefit from the theft), and to sit in the complexity that is the building and continuation of our civilization.”",
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                        "text": "The indigenous understanding has its basis of spirituality in a recognition of the interconnectedness and interdependence of all living things, a holistic and balanced view of the world. All things are bound together. All things connect. What happens to the Earth happens to the children of the earth. Humankind has not woven the web of life; we are but one thread. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves.",
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                        "text": "Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything less would render generations of courageous struggle and soul-searching a truly lost cause. A lot of Canadians don't seem to want to hear it. All I can say to them is: try to listen. Open your heart, your mind. The Indian Act and residential schools did a number on us, breaking down Indigenous people, then families, communities, nations. We can learn so much from each other. There is so much to be hopeful for.",
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                        "text": "Whether they are raised in indigenous or modern culture, there are two things that people crave: the full realization of their innate gifts, and to have these gifts approved, acknowledged, and confirmed. There are countless people in the West whose efforts are sadly wasted because they have no means of expressing their unique genius. In the psyches of such people there is an inner power and authority that fails to shine because the world around them is blind to it.",
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                        "text": "In Iraq #1 we stayed within U.N. mandates, limited our response, went home after Kuwait was freed - and were censured for allowing Shiites and Kurds to be butchered and not going to Baghdad when the road was open and the dictator tottering. In Iraq #2 we removed the tyrant at less cost than the liberation of Kuwait during the earlier war, stayed on to ensure freedom and fair representation for various groups - and are being castigated for either using too little force to ensure needed order or too much power that stifles indigenous aspirations and turns popular opinion against us.",
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                        "text": "In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that Norsemen had discovered America centuries earlier, or that you really can't get credit for discovering a land already populated by indigenous people with a developed civilization. Those people are communists. Columbus discovered America.",
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