America Quote by Anonymous

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours.

— Vine Deloria Jr

The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for…

— Luther Standing Bear

Friends and brothers, The Almighty created us Indians. We are as he made us. The Almighty has given to the whites a book to…

— Standing Bear

We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.

— John Trudell

“The white race increasingly deserves the name given by the American Indians: palefaces.”

— Emil M. Cioran

[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the…

— Russell Means

“But it is an American thing to love one's roots. American nationality, I mused, is a very special and unique phenomenon in the world.…

— Marianne Meyerhoff

From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

— Jared Polis

It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already here? What kind of s-- is that, but white people's s--?

— Miles Davis

We also thought of ourselves in racial and largely ethnic terms.

— Samuel P. Huntington

the voices of our ancestors telling of our glorious past, our culture, and what it means to be an Indian.

— Allen Sapp

“White [...] "Indian wannabees" or as those who mine indiginous traditions the way multinationals mine their land.”

— Derrick Jensen