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
“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
Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other's battles; and more than all, we… — Tecumseh 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
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
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours. — Tecumseh 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
Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on a baseball… — Wanda Sykes Copy Share Image
One of the things I've been taught by Native American elders is the importance of patience, of waiting to do things when… — Joseph Bruchac 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
In Hollywood Westerns even in the Thirties and Forties, history was mythologized to accommodate some kind of moral code. And what really… — Jim Jarmusch Copy Share Image
Where today are the Pequot? Where are the Narragansett, the Mohican, the Pcanet, and other powerful tribes of our people? They have… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody's writing about them. They're really an underrepresented population, and the ironic… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
If you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk… — Anonymous 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
Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of… — Joseph Smith, Jr Copy Share Image
“In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly… — Eagle Chief Letakos-Lesa Pawnee Copy Share Image
Signal smokes, war drums, feathered bonnets against the western sky. New messiahs, young leaders are ready to hurl the finest light cavalry… — Frank Nugent Copy Share Image
When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they… — Mary Pipher 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
In one of his final acts in office, President Obama shortened the sentences of 209 prisoners, pardoned 64 individuals .The list included… — Amy Goodman Copy Share Image
I knew that the black struggle wasn't my struggle. But I felt like it was my-struggle-adjacent, you know? I've always said that… — Negin Farsad Copy Share Image
The environmental catastrophes we're presently seeing are considered "normal" though they're horrific. Fracking has made drinking water flammable, families are dying from… — Alexander Weinstein 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
“I could see the bay in the distance and where the ship should have been. Instead we found a burnt mast protruding… — Stacy Buck 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
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive… — John Fire Lame Deer 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
“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
The Tonkawa killed him it make my heart hot. I want my people follow after white way. Some white people do that,… — Quanah Parker 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
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
Being Native American, we were different than everybody else, but I never felt like I was different. — Kelvin Sampson Copy Share Image
For most Native Americans, there's no more offensive name in English. That non-Native folks think they get to measure or decide what… — Suzan Shown Harjo 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
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving. Or, as it's known to Native Americans - Sarcastic You're Welcomesgiving. — Stephen Colbert 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
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
![“I think the worst one [indian mascot] is the Cleveland Indians' Big Chief Wahoo. It's just a red face on a baseball with a big, toothy grin. It's the Sambo of all other offensive mascots. I have never seen a Native American smile that hard before, not even at a casino opening.” quote by Wanda Sykes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/829/wanda-sykes-3827_baseball_i-think-the-worst-one-indian-mascot-is-t_2299637.jpg)
![“Think about the amount of crap the US has done! Between slavery and the genocide of the Native Americans - if any of that had been filmed like [Adolf] Hitler, we'd never live it down.” quote by Bill Burr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/efd/bill-burr-1900_amount_think-about-the-amount-of-crap-the-us-ha_1122838.png)
