You've got to invite Native Americans to the table, and Asians, and Chicanos. You cannot keep us in the back room anymore… — Jimmy Santiago Baca Copy Share Image
“In 1803, President Jefferson oversaw the purchase of this land from the French for $15 million. It doesn't sound like much for… — Dave Gorman Copy Share Image
“It was never the poverty that deterred me, never the disease, unsanitary conditions, bugs or garbage, those things were never even a… — Little White Bird Copy Share Image
You also get a deduction in America for taking a night school course, growing sugarcane, moving to a new city for a… — T.R. Reid Copy Share Image
“The Statue of Liberty, that frequently malevolent bitch, has an enormous tumor in her gut that has spread to her brain and… — Jim Harrison 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
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
You cannot really conceive of how insulting it is to Native Americans to be told they were discovered. — Ivan van Sertima Copy Share Image
“Native Americans burn sage bundles to purify their surroundings and to invoke a blessing on the sacred space of their dwellings.” — Sarah Ban Breathnach Copy Share Image
It almost seems that nobody can hate America as much as native Americans. America needs new immigrants to love and cherish it. — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
America is made up of people who came from someplace else. Even the Native Americans came over the Bering strait... America is… — Isabel Wilkerson Copy Share Image
“As of 2015 only a dozen of the then 567 federally recognized tribal nations recognize same-sex marriage...Other tribes, however, have explicitly restricted… — J. Kēhaulani Kauanui Copy Share Image
People tend to forget that in our country, we'd pretty much all be immigrants, except for the Native Americans. — Amy Bloom 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
“From that time forth, whenever a critical decision had to be made concerning the future, the Oneida considered "how much was enough… — Bruce Hampton Copy Share Image
If anyone can say 'go back,' it's Native Americans. My Pueblo ancestors, despite being targeted at every juncture - despite facing famine… — Deb Haaland Copy Share Image
When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their… — Chief Aupumut Copy Share Image
America has always been the richest and most secure, and sometimes the most dangerous country in the world. In the early years,… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Southern food derives its strength from many cultures. It's a melding of food cultures from Native Americans, enslaved African-Americans, and Europeans. — Marcie Cohen Ferris Copy Share Image
“What did the Revolution mean to the Native Americans, the Indians? They had been ignored by the fine words of the Declaration,… — Howard Zinn Copy Share Image
We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken… — Barack Obama 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
“In indigenous cultures including those of Native Americans, menstruation is viewed a time of positive power, rather than evidence of sin and… — Joan Borysenko Copy Share Image
“The cabins they passed among seemed solemn in their abandonment, cramped by the watercourse and the overhanging brow of the cloudy mountain.… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
