Native Americans were driven off their land. Lincoln even took part in the Black Hawk campaign against the Native Americans in Illinois.… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Training began with children who were taught to sit still and enjoy it. They were taught to use their organs of smell,… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
The Lamanites [Native Americans], now a down-trodden people, are a remnant of the house of Israel. The curse of God has followed… — Wilford Woodruff Copy Share Image
“There’s a native American legend. It says that one day a white buffalo will be born during a summer storm. The crows… — Eli Easton 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
We also have a piece about the Mayflower, but it's just a very different, very gritty, very character-driven version of why those… — John Landgraf Copy Share Image
“The forces that we deal with have two sides: one is good and helpful and the other is dark and dangerous. Part… — Gala.J Copy Share Image
I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't… — Judith Jamison 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
Thus the white men and Native Americans were able, through the spirit of goodwill and compromise, to reach the first in what… — Dave Barry 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
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the… — John Neihardt Copy Share Image
“Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. Even… — Martin Luther King Jr Copy Share Image
For me space rock is something that takes you out of yourself and out of your normal realm. And if space happens… — David W. Marsden Copy Share Image
To heal will require real effort, and a change of heart, from all of us. To heal means that we will begin… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
I have had vegan Thanksgiving of tofurkey and soy gravy. And it's not to say that Thanksgiving will ever justify the genocide… — Hari Kondabolu Copy Share Image
The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
“As chief, I will represent my people in many different ways and might never know which particular action is destined to matter… — Jennifer Frick-Ruppert Copy Share Image
“Cozy was a fun night by a fireplace with marshmallows. Cozy was a grandmother knitting Christmas sweaters. Cozy was new puppies in… — Susannah Scott Copy Share Image
I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves… — Oren Lyons Copy Share Image
Just because I’m Native American doesn’t mean I can track furniture through the wilderness.” She deepened her voice: “‘Yes, kemosabe. A three-legged… — Rick Riordan 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
Growing up on the border there, we were always frustrated with people's pronunciations of towns in Michigan, and people mispronouncing Illinois. There… — Sufjan Stevens Copy Share Image
If today I had a young mind to direct, to start on the journey of life, and I was faced with the… — Tom Brown, Jr Copy Share Image
If you look at the statistics regarding Native Americans, you will see that most of the tribes since the 70s have improved… — Leonard Peltier Copy Share Image
I have an interest in Native American artifacts, mainly Plains Indians from the 1840s to the 1900s, and I go in and… — Timothy B. Schmit Copy Share Image
The seal and the constitution, reflects the thinking of the founding fathers that this was to be a nation by white people,… — Louis Farrakhan Copy Share Image
The Indian is one of Nature's gentlemen--he never says or does a rude or vulgar thing. The vicious, uneducated barbarians, who form… — Susanna Moodie Copy Share Image
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
On the Native American front, we have turned a new page in the 400-year history of the interface between the American settlers… — Ken Salazar Copy Share Image
We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully and… — Adam Beach 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
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
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had… — Buffy Sainte-Marie Copy Share Image
“Many of these mixed-blood Indian people were eventually forced into hiding or denial of their Indian ancestry because of their fear of… — Rickey Butch Walker Copy Share Image
The first function of violence in Native American literatures is simply to acknowledge that violence is implicit, like gravity and sunlight, in… — Robert Bringhurst Copy Share Image
Upon suffering beyond suffering: the Red Nation shall rise again and it shall be a blessing for a sick world. A world… — Crazy Horse Copy Share Image
We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones crumble and… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
![“The Lamanites [Native Americans], now a down-trodden people, are a remnant of the house of Israel. The curse of God has followed them as it has done the Jews, though the Jews have not been darkened in their skin as have the Lamanites.” quote by Wilford Woodruff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1d7/wilford-woodruff-13197_curse_the-lamanites-native-americans-now-a-dow_2952145.png)
![“We [Native Americans] respect being human beings, but also the natural and spiritual world and I thought that came across wonderfully and I hope a lot of people get a sense of that; not to take away that we also have that warrior spirit.” quote by Adam Beach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a2/adam-beach-18451_being-human_we-native-americans-respect-being-human_2547472.jpg)
