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
“As historian Theda Perdue and anthropologist Jack Campisi have noted separately, the closing of all-Indian schools created a crisis for southeastern Indians.… — Mark Edwin Miller Copy Share Image
Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
Historically speaking, we went from being Indians to pagans to savages to hostiles to militants to activists to Native Americans. Its five… — John Trudell Copy Share Image
It is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny. — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two… — Black Hawk 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
Pregnant women who are at risk for suffering complications and even death are in the prime of their lives. The most affected… — Robin Lim Copy Share Image
We are now going to the Lamanites, to whom we intend to be messengers of instruction... We will show them that in… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I want to get rid of the Indian problem. [...] Our objective is to continue until there is not a single Indian… — Duncan Campbell Scott Copy Share Image
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, "The one I feed the most." — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The more I consider the condition of the white men, the more fixed becomes my opinion that, instead of gaining, they have… — Tomochichi Copy Share Image
“It's just me and James walking and walking except he's on my back and his eyes are looking past the people who… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indianwe can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in… — Nicolas Cage 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
The power of these recommendations is that they come from leaders representing a broad spectrum of religious conviction. At the table were… — Charles Haynes Copy Share Image
For Native Americans, the most shameful and powerful corrective gesture is to literally and physically turn one's back upon a person who… — Ashley Judd Copy Share Image
Before me, my grandfathers, my uncles and my father were all boxers because Native Americans had to box in boarding schools. But… — George Tahdooahnippah 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
“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
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