“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
“This time they would find the path to love and to acceptance. This time, she would know and understand the secrets of… — Janelle Taylor 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 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
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
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.… — Chief Joseph 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
For once, I believe that PETA, at least on the level of logic, is correct. If the NCAA has to protect offended… — Tom Feeney Copy Share Image
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
There may be something in the fact that when I was a little kid I'd been told growing up that we had… — Johnny Depp Copy Share Image
Right to a speedy jury trial and so on and so forth. But what do they mean by 'person'? It certainly didn't… — Noam Chomsky 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
“Nector [speaking to Bernadette] could have told her, having drunk down the words of Nanapush, that comfort is not security and money… — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Puerto Ricans are Americans. We've been American citizens since 1917. We fought the same battles, made the same sacrifices. We've lost our… — Nelson Antonio Denis Copy Share Image
My work to me is more like what the Native Americans say: When we walk upon the earth, we always place our… — Wayne Dyer 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
“George Arthur, a tribal council delegate, spoke on behalf of the tribe. Arthur was a chairman, too, of the Navajo legislature's resources… — Judy Pasternak Copy Share Image
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
The most Indian thing about the Indian is surely not his moccasins or his calumet, his wampum or his stone hatched, but… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Horsemanship and the cowboy lifestyle and my culture as a Native American are all three things that are very, very important to… — Brady Jandreau Copy Share Image
I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own… — Thomas Jefferson 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
“The rancid odor mixed with the dust, death, and confusion as they awaited those who could clean up the mess and make… — G.G. Collins Copy Share Image
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We… — Crazy Horse Copy Share Image
You know that just before that first Thanksgiving dinner there was one wise, old Native American woman saying, Don't feed them. If… — Dylan Brody Copy Share Image
Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
“If a child hasn't been given spiritual values within the family setting, they have no familiarity with the values that are necessary… — Eunice Baumann-Nelson Ph.D PENOBSCOT Copy Share Image
“Where the mountain crosses. On top of the mountain, I do not myself know where. I wandered where my mind and my… — Jane Bierhorst Copy Share Image
Think about the number of people who do film music, make records and have a Native American heritage - and I may… — Robbie Robertson Copy Share Image
“Creationists have also changed their name ... to intelligent design theorists who study 'irreducible complexity' and the 'abrupt appearance' of life—yet more… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
The old Indian teaching was that is is wrong to tear loose from its place on the earth anything that may be… — Wooden Leg Copy Share Image
“The yard consisted of grass and a Russian Olive tree, which was about the only kind of tree able to survive on… — Thomas King Copy Share Image
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