I think most Native American literature is unreadable by the vast majority of Native Americans. Generally speaking Indians don't read books. It's… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
There two wolves always fighting inside you . One is evil, full of anger, sorrow, regret, greed, self-pity and false pride. The… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“If aliens ever visit us, I think the outcome would be much as when Christopher Columbus first landed in America, which didn’t… — stephen hawking Copy Share Image
“The Talmud states, "Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief. Do justly now, love mercy now, walk humbly… — Bridges McCall Copy Share Image
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
“If the Texans had kept out of my country, there might have been peace. But that which you now say we must… — Ten Bears Comanche Nation Copy Share Image
“For their part, the savage men appear to spend an inordinate amount of time lounging around their lodges, smoking and gossiping among… — Jim Fergus Copy Share Image
“With the snow piling up outside, the warm dry cabin hidden in its fold of the mountain felt like a safe haven… — Charles Frazier Copy Share Image
“The speech lacked soaring cadences or memorable lines, yet it touched on two explosive issues at the finale. He advised Native Americans… — Ron Chernow Copy Share Image
I think the Native Americans had the right idea about preserving and respecting the earth. Not just using it up. We are… — John Lurie Copy Share Image
I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think… — Ron Eglash Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble.… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
“What's the story here, Karl?' Kevin asked. 'Hard as it is to believe, these people are slaves,' Karl explained. 'Slaves?' I asked… — Yossi Ghinsberg Copy Share Image
“If some saw the Indians as living in prelapsarian innocence, there were others who judged them to be savage beasts, devils in… — Paul Auster Copy Share Image
“Checking a box on a form for race—"Caucasian," "Hispanic," "African-American," "Native American," or "Asian-American"—is untenable and ridiculous. For one thing, "American" is… — Michael Shermer 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
“Walking back across the St-Esprit bridge, to the ghetto I'd instinctively gravitated toward, I mentally erected a more appropriate statue on the… — Taras Grescoe Copy Share Image
“a culture, we will begin to discern which of these approaches and their many variants will have the most impact with the… — Timothy Keller Copy Share Image
“The Society for the Colonization of Free People of Color of America, better known as the American Colonization Society was a group… — Captain Hank Bracker Copy Share Image
“The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room… — George Crook Copy Share Image
Growing up north of San Francisco, I immersed myself in the local landscape and in books about Native Americans, cowboys, and pioneers… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
It seems that the Neanderthal DNA that modern Europeans and Asians (and also Native Americans and basically all non-African people) are carrying… — Elizabeth Kolbert 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
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
Especially for blacks, but also for many Hispanics, Native Americans, and Asian-Americans, group identity is now shaped more by a liberal politics… — Shelby Steele 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
“Our young people, raised under the old rules of courtesy, never indulged in the present habit of talking incessantly and all at… — Kent Nerburn Copy Share Image
“Isn't it amazing that, historically, the "Prince of Peace" has most often been introduced to new cultures through extreme violence? European and… — David G. McAfee Copy Share Image
“I continued, “The painting shows this fish with a big eye and a halo, floating in air, and underneath the fish are… — Nelson DeMille Copy Share Image
“We were born naked and have been taught to hunt and live on the game. You tell us that we must learn… — Gall Copy Share Image
As a Cherokee, I can attest to the fact that Native Americans have been on the losing side of history. Our rights… — Markwayne Mullin 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
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
“My people are few. They resemble the scattering trees of a storm-swept plain...There was a time when our people covered the land… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
Native Americans are not and must not be props in a sort of theme park of the past, where we go to… — James W. Loewen Copy Share Image
“This principle of reciprocity--a give-and-take in a relationship of balance--is not just some transaction done to advance one's own aims. Traditionally, Native… — Randy Woodley Copy Share Image
“But it is an American thing to love one's roots. American nationality, I mused, is a very special and unique phenomenon in… — Marianne Meyerhoff Copy Share Image
“There's a universally recognized jewish holocaust remembrance day, and that's great, but I have just one question - where is the native… — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Laila Lalami has fashioned an absorbing story of one of the first encounters between Spanish conquistadores and Native Americans, a frightening, brutal,… — Salman Rushdie 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
