Congress passed the 1887 General Allotment Act. And that act ended up dispossessing tribes of 90 million acres. That history of dispossession was also accompanied by a history of forced assimilation whether it was in residential schools, whether it was… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Very much like African-Americans, the history of America is taking away resources, whether it's labor or whether it's land from one racial group to… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Savagery was a word that Westerners used to, again, to consciously differentiate them from non-Westerners, to assert that superiority, that cultural superiority. It goes… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
US law and international human rights law have radically diverged in the past years in terms of the recognition of indigenous people's rights. International… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
In fact, George Washington had been an Indian fighter since the French and Indian War. And a lot of folks, particularly in the red… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
What this ideology, what this myth about savagery did was really excuse America for the disappearance of the Indian. It wasn't our fault. They… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Today what we see is tribes moving into the 21st century and facing real 21st century problems of globalization, of multi-national, national resource development,… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
What John Marshall says is that right of occupancy can be taken away by purchase, conquest or any other means. So the reason that… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
Until we start attacking the root of the historical problems of discrimination against Indians, and those Indians begin in these stereotypes, that Indians are… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
The Navajo, for example, regard their traditional lands as within the four sacred peaks. One of those sacred peaks is the San Francisco Peaks… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
When Europeans came to the New World the first thing they said is, well, Indians don't appreciate property. They're savage. They're backwards. They're uncivilized.… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
That Indians are lawless people, I would change that because it's probably the most harmful stereotype. — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
The case of Johnson v. M'Intosh is exactly why Congress can pass legislation as it did with the Rio Tinto land mine deal because… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
