Indigenous Quote by Ben Lerner

A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if…

— Daniel Pinchbeck

I grew up singing Mexican music, and that's based on indigenous Mexican rhythms. Mexican music also has an overlay of West African music, based…

— Linda Ronstadt

I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.

— Steven Biko

Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen…

— Sarah Zettel

Whilst I'm all for psychedelic science - I think it's fantastic - I don't think we necessarily have time to wait for the science…

— Gail Bradbrook

Suppose Vietnam could separate itself from the American dominated global system and carry out a successful social and economic development. Then that is very…

— Noam Chomsky

Now is the time to take stock of a painful part of our history. Only then can we move past it. Anything less would…

— Perry Bellegarde

I resolutely believe that respect for diversity is a fundamental pillar in the eradication of racism, xenophobia and intolerance. There is no excuse for…

— Rigoberta Menchu

“Teachers were powerful enough to kill the indigenous languages: they are not powerful enough to bring them back to life.”

— Andrew Dalby

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

— Malcolm Fraser

Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are…

— Martin Luther King, Jr

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…

— Steven Biko

“I never learned how to be a woman in this world because I didn't know what it meant to be one. What I learned…

— Elaine Alec

Here's the reality. The image of a white Jesus has been used to justify enslavement, conquest, colonialism, the genocide of indigenous peoples. There are…

— Tim Wise

A couple of things are missing from Indigenous affairs. We tend to go and process, we tend to spend a lot of money for…

— Yitzhak Rabin