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
It's taken over 240 years for there to be a Native American woman elected to congress, so it's definitely significant that we… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
I have made a short excursion into the new world which the Indian dwells in, or is. He begins where we leave… — Henry David Thoreau 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
When you start to look at Native American history, you realize that, very far from being a peaceful, morally superior people, Native… — Philipp Meyer Copy Share Image
There is an old and very wise Native American saying: Every time you point a finger in scorn—there are three remaining fingers… — Alyson Noel Copy Share Image
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit,… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
The forest is the first cathedral. I felt that from the time I was a child. I credit my mother with that.… — Alice Walker Copy Share Image
“Last summer we had eight people in the [Christian] congregation who danced four different sun dances. Of course the missionaries have said… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
A native American group has filed a class-action lawsuit against the government for mismanagement of oil, gas, grazing, timber and other royalties… — Stephen Colbert 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
We are greatly conscious of the fact that among the Lamanites - as well as among all peoples of other countries -… — Spencer W. Kimball Copy Share Image
The Lord has never indicated that black skin came because of being less faithful. Now, the Indian; we know why he has… — LeGrand Richards Copy Share Image
I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken… — Chaske Spencer Copy Share Image
Racism is not about hurtful words, bruised feelings, political correctness, or refusing to call short people 'vertically challenged.' Racism is about the… — Dave Zirin Copy Share Image
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad said Allah God has come to fight the battle of justice for the Black man and woman of… — Louis Farrakhan 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
Silence,they say,is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is the message,just as doing nothing is an act.… — Leonard Peltier 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
“You do not understand what has happened to you… what I did to you.” he said sternly. Cold fright swelled in her… — Kyla Stan Copy Share Image
What we did in the 1960s and early 1970s was raise the consciousness of white America that this government has a responsibility… — Dennis Banks Copy Share Image
“Just as the Five Tribes and others were formalizing their tribal governments and running their own programs, legal aid groups were helping… — Mark Edwin Miller Copy Share Image
The strike and its outcome had an enormous impact on the system of education and on our lives as well. The strike… — Danny Glover 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
They say there are about 12 million illegal immigrants in this country. But if you ask a Native American, that number is… — David Letterman Copy Share Image
Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will. — D. H. Lawrence 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
“The dawns I have felt in my soul testify that I am known by the Giver of light. To walk forward, I… — Anasazi Foundation Copy Share Image
For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy… — Dan Maffei 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
“Attending to your own words and ideas as well as those of others is an admirable trait in any person, but a… — Jennifer Frick-Ruppert 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
“Not all white people are animal, but 99% of historic predators, terrorists, traffickers, thieves, morons and imbeciles were white.” — Abhijit Naskar 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
A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has… — Lisa Bonet Copy Share Image
Wonder what opportunities you pass, unwittingly, because your hands are so busy clasping what you think you have always known. — Mary Anne Radmacher Copy Share Image
Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
In our culture, the Native Americans, when two strangers come together. You know what we do in our culture? We smoke the… — Tatanka Copy Share Image
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