“I will willingly abandon this miserable body to hunger and suffering, provided that my soul may have its ordinary nourishment.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Many of the Iroquois and Huron houses were of similar construction, the partitions being at the sides only, leaving a wide passage… — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian. — Rachel Blanchard Copy Share Image
The fortified towns of the Hurons were all on the side exposed to Iroquois incursions. — Francis Parkman Copy Share Image
“The Creator wished to bless the home of the Iroquois and he placed his immense hand upon the earth, and the impression… — Melanie Zimmer Copy Share Image
If the European discovery had been delayed for a century or two, it is possible that the Aztec in Mexico or the… — Samuel Eliot Morison Copy Share Image
Whenever I publish a book, I feel like a trapper caught by the Iroquois. They're all lined up with Tomahawks, and the… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
There is often no material difference between the enjoyment of the highest ranks and those of the rudest stages of society. If… — Sir Archibald Alison, 2nd Baronet Copy Share Image
“I wonder what it must have been like, what dignity it must have conferred on children of the Iroquois confederacy that any… — Aurora Levins Morales Copy Share Image
“... the Iroquois take dreams very seriously. They see them as the secret wishes of the soul--the heart's desire, so to speak.… — Kim Edwards Copy Share Image
What I often do in my work is to take a great story, such as the Odyssey, the search for the Grail,… — Jean Houston Copy Share Image
“Their Policy in this is very wise, and has nothing Barbarous in it. For, since their preservation depends upon their union, and… — Reuben Gold Thwaites Copy Share Image
“Ain’t no more than seven villages o’ the Tuscarora left, now—and not above fifty or a hundred souls in any but the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
“The women tended the crops and took general charge of village affairs while the men were always hunting or fishing. And since… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
“They still possess virtues which might cause shame to most Christians. No hospitals are needed among them, because there are neither mendicants… — Reuben Gold Thwaites Copy Share Image
“In the vision of the Mohawk chief Iliawatha, the legendary Dekaniwidah spoke to the Iroquois: “We bind ourselves together by taking hold… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“In the villages of the Iroquois, land was owned in common and worked in common. Hunting was done together, and the catch… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
While the very inhabitants of New England were thus fabling about the country a hundred miles inland, which was a terra incognitato… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
“In the symbolic, economic, and familial spheres the Iroquois were matriarchal, that is, female dominated. Iroquoian women headed the family long-house, and… — David E. Stannard Copy Share Image
“No soldiers, no gendarmes or police, no nobles, kings, regents, prefects, or judges, no prisons, no lawsuits - and everything takes its… — Frederick Engels Copy Share Image
“According to the Iroquois, when the Creator made the animals of the earth, He shot each one in the left hind leg… — Bruce Hampton Copy Share Image
For a long time we have thought we were better than the living world, and now some of us tend to think… — Janine Benyus Copy Share Image
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