I am extremely conscious of my tribalism. And when you talk about tribalism, you talk about living in a black and white… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“Josephy visited several leading Manhattan bookstores and sadly discovered the explanation [from his agent] to be generally correct; books about Indians were… — Bobby Bridger Copy Share Image
As I drew a still fresher soil about the rows with my hoe, I disturbed the ashes of unchronicled nations who in… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
The native American has been generally despised by his white conquerors for his poverty and simplicity. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth. — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
If you don't have a bed, or a dresser or a wall, or a book or a toy you are oppressed. An… — Gerald Stern Copy Share Image
Nobody else in the world has a form like the Native American musical, and Americans should be very proud. — Mikhail Baryshnikov Copy Share Image
The white, the Hispanic, the black, the Arab, the Jew, the woman, the Native American, the small farmer, the businessperson, the environmentalist,… — Jesse Jackson Copy Share Image
“In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly… — Eagle Chief Letakos-Lesa Pawnee Copy Share Image
Being Native American has been part of my story I guess since the day I was born, — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
“Implicitly or explicitly, the rhythms of our lives, the movement from season to season, the patterns of the winds, and the pulse… — Ray A. Williamson Copy Share Image
Why should you take by force that from us that which you can have by Love? Why should you destroy us, who… — Chief Powhatan Copy Share Image
The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she… — Wovoka Copy Share Image
I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a… — Michael Dorris Copy Share Image
Though many non-Native Americans have learned very little about us, over time we have had to learn everything about them. We watch… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
We also have a piece about the Mayflower, but it's just a very different, very gritty, very character-driven version of why those… — John Landgraf Copy Share Image
We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will… — Tom Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken… — Chaske Spencer Copy Share Image
“We did not think of the great open plains, the beautiful rolling hills and the winding streams with tangled growth, as 'wild'.… — Paul Goble Copy Share Image
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