“WEST SALEM ~ October 2011 A sudden vision, fraught with malevolence and darkness, obscured her sight. The face of a menacing figure… — Cherie De Sues Copy Share Image
We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings. — John Trudell Copy Share Image
Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the… — Dave Zirin Copy Share Image
I often suggest in workshops that if you have 30 students in your American History course in 11th grade, or whatever grade… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
Treat all men alike.... give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. You might… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
I feel sorry for people of good heart who have never had a chance to learn the realities of Native American everything… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
When the sun died, I went up to heaven and saw God and all the people who had died a long time… — Wovoka Copy Share Image
Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
A regular council was held with the Indians, who had come in on their ponies, and speeches were made on both sides… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Being Indian is an attitude, a state of mind, a way of being in harmony with all things and all beings. It… — Brooke Medicine Eagle Copy Share Image
So long as mists envelop you, be still. Be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists - as it… — Chief White Eagle Copy Share Image
“The [Apache] tribe was under siege by government agents, who had jailed some of the medicine men for practicing their rituals. Freedom… — Timothy Egan Copy Share Image
Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who… — Maria Tallchief Copy Share Image
I have good genes. My father is Danish and my mother is Irish and Native American. They both have good skin. — Virginia Madsen Copy Share Image
“I want to say that further you are not a great chief of this country. That you have no following, no power,… — Dee Brown Copy Share Image
Although wrongs have been done to me, I live in hopes. I have not got two hearts....Now we are together again to… — Black Kettle Copy Share Image
I studied trumpet for almost 15 years and was performing with a professional concert marching band in parades and rodeos. I was… — R. Carlos Nakai Copy Share Image
It seems that the Neanderthal DNA that modern Europeans and Asians (and also Native Americans and basically all non-African people) are carrying… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
“The wise man believes profoundly in silence, the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body,… — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
“They're all gone, my tribe is gone. Those blankets they gave us, infected with smallpox, have killed us. I'm the last, the… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
How far men go for the material of their houses! The inhabitants of the most civilized cities, in all ages, send into… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
Look through the prayer books. You'll see lots of dates. You'll see names of Native Americans remembered. This was an open-sourcing project… — Shane Claiborne Copy Share Image
With empathy you know in your heart that it's not a sign of weakness to attempt to understand that the people we… — Wayne Dyer Copy Share Image
I once said, "You cannot go to a 7-Eleven or a Dunkin' Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent." When Bobby… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
