Bigs Quote by Alistair Cooke

“the Supreme Court ruling and forced their Indians into Indian Territory (Oklahoma), along what has come to be called the infamous “Trail of Tears.”…

— Rosanne Bittner

The government sent the Indians to Oklahoma. They had a treaty that said, 'You shall have this land as long as grass grows and…

— Will Rogers

“The Osage had been assured by the U.S. government that their Kansas territory would remain their home forever, but before long they were under…

— David Grann

Indiana,’ he said. ‘They steal the land from the Indians and leave the name, yes?

— John Green

“Tecumseh, a Shawnee chief and noted orator, tried to unite the Indians against the white invasion: The way, and the only way, to check…

— Howard Zinn

I got started in Oklahoma. That's where I was born. Population down there is one-third Indians, one-third Negroes and one-third white people.

— Woody Guthrie

There the wild animals wandered and fed as though they were in a pasture that stretched much farther than a man could see, and…

— Laura Ingalls Wilder

“It may have been true that from a strictly legal standpoint there was nothing wrong with how Winslow and the other Plymouth officials acquired…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Indians were frequently off their reservations.

— Buffalo Bill

“They want the Indians eliminated, and the lands opened up to white settlers, but they don't want anybody to get hurt in the process.…

— Michael Crichton

Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there. My folks were Indian. Both my mother and…

— Will Rogers

“The little settlements we lived in-He-Dog, Upper Cut Meat, Parmelee, St. Francis, Belvidere-were places without hope where bodies and souls were being destroyed bit…

— Mary Crow Dog