We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has… — Lisa Bonet Copy Share Image
“Like an unfinished symphony, her story played on my mind for most of my life. It would rock to the tune of… — Sally Armstrong Copy Share Image
The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your bed and you will one night suffocate… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
The occupation of America (and Columbus's arrival quite clearly was an occupation, no one can deny that) meant that the entire history… — Vandana Shiva Copy Share Image
In our culture, the Native Americans, when two strangers come together. You know what we do in our culture? We smoke the… — Tatanka Copy Share Image
I am honored to have Ajamu Baraka as a running mate. I think he brings enormous credibility in the disenfranchised communities, not… — Jill Stein Copy Share Image
I do not always ask, in my prayers and discussions, for only those things I would like to see happen, because no… — Frank Fools Crow Copy Share Image
The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
The song that I will sing is an old song, so old that none knows who made it. It has been handed… — Geronimo Copy Share Image
There have been periods where the folks who were already here suddenly say, 'Well, I don't want those folks,' even though the… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Teachers and librarians can be the most effective advocates for diversifying children's and young adult books. When I speak to publishers, they're… — Pat Mora Copy Share Image
“Hiking is like life... You can spend the whole trip just watching the trail ahead, worrying that you'll twist an ankle or… — Susannah Scott Copy Share Image
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
My young men shall never work, men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams. You ask me to… — Smohalla Copy Share Image
I am convinced that those societies (such as the Native American peoples) which live without government enjoy in their general mass an… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow,… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
“Consider how textbooks treat Native religions as a unitary whole. ... "These Native Americans ... believed that nature was filled with spirits.… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Won't it be wonderful when black history and native American history and Jewish history and all of U.S. history is taught from… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Weakness and strength are necessary for balance. No one or nothing is only weak or only strong. But some of us overlook… — Joseph M. Marshall III Copy Share Image
“Shit," he said. "I don't know why you're feeling sorry for yourself because you ain't had to fight a war. You're lucky.… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“The Irish-Indians, who were of dark complexion, would many times claim to be Black Dutch or Black Irish and deny their rightful… — Rickey Butch Walker Copy Share Image
Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire.… — Crowfoot Copy Share Image
