Do you think we care about the feelings of Native Americans when we celebrate Columbus Day? That's the day that the white… — Carlos Mencia Copy Share Image
Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
During 1866 and 1922, Native Americans and black soldiers often intermingled in the American west, on the frontier. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 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
To say nothing is out here is incorrect; to say the desert is stingy with everything except space and light, stone and… — William Least Heat-Moon Copy Share Image
Last year, I twice voted against the Labor, HHS, and Education Appropriations bill because it did not adequately fund education in general,… — Rick Renzi Copy Share Image
Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace… — Robert Muller 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
Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element… — John Baldacci Copy Share Image
We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken… — Barack Obama 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 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
It's interesting to think about the history of Israel in relation to the history of the U.S.. There were Native Americans living… — Jill Soloway Copy Share Image
I know that if a team had a derogatory name for African Americans, I would help those who helped extinguish that name.… — Mike Carey Copy Share Image
November is Native American Heritage month, and a good time to honor the legacy of our ancestors, but every day we should… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
The time will soon be here when my grandchild will long for the cry of a loon, the flash of a salmon,… — Chief Dan George Copy Share Image
“An old man spoke to his grandson. "My child," he said. "Inside everyone there is a battle between two wolves. One is… — Christine Woodward Copy Share Image
In a business that has exploited and ignored our people I have only found dead-ends. We need romantic comedies, gross-out and mockery… — Misty Upham 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
I believe, as a Puerto Rican, that the majority of Puerto Ricans want to be Puerto Ricans. Once we become annexed to… — Oscar Lopez Rivera Copy Share Image
“At one time Charlene and I had to iron all the robes and vestments the priests wore when saying Mass. We had… — Mary Crow Dog Copy Share Image
Writing in African languages became a topic of discussion in conferences, in schools, in classrooms; the issue is always being raised -… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o 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
I think people should look at learning about Native American history the same as visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the monuments there.… — Chaske Spencer 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
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the… — Crowfoot Copy Share Image
My son, you are now flesh of our flesh and bone of our bone. By the ceremony performed this day, every drop… — Chief Blackfish Copy Share Image
There's all sorts of soul. There's Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it's soul. — John Oates Copy Share Image
I've come to the point in my life where I encourage young Native Americans to become much more selfish about their personal… — Sherman Alexie 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
Think about the amount of crap the US has done! Between slavery and the genocide of the Native Americans - if any… — Bill Burr Copy Share Image
making a noise in this world making a noise in this world you can bet your ass, I won't go quietly making… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
“Pulling back, like a savage carnivore at its prey, it tore a large chunk of meat rendering his left arm useless...regardless he… — Stacy Buck Copy Share Image
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
“No, not my spirit, just my ego, and my arms, and my chest, and my back, but luckily they are just bruised.”… — Stacy Buck Copy Share Image
An Indian is an Indian regardless of the degree of Indian blood or which little government card they do or do not… — Wilma Mankiller Copy Share Image
I like Celtic folk music, Native American music, and any kind of early music. There isn't a lot of music that I… — Terri Windling Copy Share Image
Growing up, my mother and grandparents often talked about our family's Native American heritage. As a kid, I never thought to ask… — Elizabeth Warren Copy Share Image
Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policeman's truncheon over the anarchist's bomb. — Spiro T. Agnew Copy Share Image