--- title: "4 Indigenous Quotes By Sherman Alexie" description: "4 Indigenous quotes by Sherman Alexie. Plus more from Sherman Alexie and more Indigenous sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/sherman-alexie-444_forget_the-united-states-wants-all-of-us-to-for_88086.png" --- > [“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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/10e/sherman-alexie-444_forget_the-united-states-wants-all-of-us-to-for_88086.png) > [“They're all gone, my tribe is gone. Those blankets they gave us, infected with smallpox, have killed us. I'm the last, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/they-re-all-gone-my-tribe-is-gone-those-blankets-they-gave-us/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/056/sherman-alexie-444_america_they-re-all-gone-my-tribe-is-gone-those_315927.jpg) > [“Perhaps everybody, indigenous and not, lives on their own kind of reservation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/perhaps-everybody-indigenous-and-not-lives-on-their-own-kind-of/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f99/sherman-alexie-444_indigenous_perhaps-everybody-indigenous-and-not-liv_1765290.png) > [“My name is Sherman Alexie and I was born from loss and loss and loss and loss and loss and loss and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/my-name-is-sherman-alexie-and-i-was-born-from-loss-and-loss-and-loss/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a29/sherman-alexie-444_cultural-history_my-name-is-sherman-alexie-and-i-was-born_3231013.png) ## Other 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/) ## More by Sherman Alexie > [“He says the earth is an oval marble that nobody can win. He says the sky is not blue and the grass is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/he-says-the-earth-is-an-oval-marble-that-nobody-can-win-he-says-the/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“Now, in the old days, Indians used to be forgiving of any kind of eccentricity. In fact, weird people were often celebrated. Epileptics were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/now-in-the-old-days-indians-used-to-be-forgiving-of-any-kind-of/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [Since Jesus was human then he most assuredly farted and burped. And if God did create us in God's image then God must fart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/since-jesus-was-human-then-he-most-assuredly-farted-and-burped-and-if/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“A century ago she might have been beautiful, her face reflected in the river instead of a mirror. But all the years have changed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/a-century-ago-she-might-have-been-beautiful-her-face-reflected-in-the/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“In all those stories, I could fly.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/in-all-those-stories-i-could-fly/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [I don't think there's a whole lot of class literature at all. I think most of that has become racially based, and people don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/i-don-t-think-there-s-a-whole-lot-of-class-literature-at-all-i-think/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [She wanted to be buried in a coffin filled with used paperbacks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/she-wanted-to-be-buried-in-a-coffin-filled-with-used-paperbacks/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“Is there really a difference between that killing and this killing? Does God approve of some killing and not other killing? If I kill…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/is-there-really-a-difference-between-that-killing-and-this-killing/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“Son, things have never been like how you think they used to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/son-things-have-never-been-like-how-you-think-they-used-to-be/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [My parents banned nothing, though the Christian fundamentalists in my tribe held book-and-record burnings every now and again. So, yes, fundamentalist assholes can also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/my-parents-banned-nothing-though-the-christian-fundamentalists-in-my/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“Or maybe I could have anesthetized myself with homework and extra credit and binge-reading.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/or-maybe-i-could-have-anesthetized-myself-with-homework-and-extra/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“Dear wife, I'm sorry that I am mysteriously incapable of folding clean laundry, but I iron, oh, I iron. Sweetheart, I'll make your white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/dear-wife-i-m-sorry-that-i-am-mysteriously-incapable-of-folding-clean/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“Gordy,” I said. “I need to talk to you." "I don't have time," he said. "Mr. Orcutt and I have to debug some PCs.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/gordy-i-said-i-need-to-talk-to-you-i-don-t-have-time-he-said-mr/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) > [“The United States wants all of us to forget the crimes it committed against the indigenous. The United States wants us to forget. The…](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/) > [I think that white women are more apt to read laterally. So I think there's some strong identification for women, and their political and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sherman-alexie/i-think-that-white-women-are-more-apt-to-read-laterally-so-i-think/) [Sherman Alexie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sherman-alexie/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/indigenous/sherman-alexie/#itemlist", "name": "4 Indigenous Quotes By Sherman Alexie", "numberOfItems": 4, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The United States wants all of us to forget the crimes it committed against the indigenous. The United States wants us to forget. The United States wants us to forget. 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