American Indian Quotes

70 quotes by 56 authors

In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have… — Joe Biden
In terms of the revolution, I believe that the revolution will be a revolution of dispossessed people in this country: that's the Mexican American, the… — H. Rap Brown
The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. — Chief Joseph
We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will give every man… — Chief Joseph
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken… — Chief Joseph
All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native American… — Sherman Alexie
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the horrors of history,… — Paula Gunn Allen
What we did in the 1960s and early 1970s was raise the consciousness of white America that this government has a responsibility to Indian people.… — Dennis Banks
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and everything tries to… — Black Elk
This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it. — Vine Deloria, Jr.
I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount of… — Michael Dorris
It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity. — Louise Erdrich
There aren't a lot of alternative roles for Indian actors. I think we've fallen short of portraying Indians in the media. We don't need to… — Unknown Author
Indians and animals know better how to live than white man; nobody can be in good health if he does not have all the time… — Unknown Author
It is my land, my home, my father's land, to which I now ask to be allowed to return. I want to spend my last… — Geronimo
It's important as a writer to do my art well and do it in a way that is powerful and beautiful and meaningful, so that… — Joy Harjo
Before AIM, Indians were dispirited, defeated, and culturally dissolving. People were ashamed to be Indian. You didn't see the young people wearing braids or chokers… — Russell Means
The turn of the century was the lowest point for the devastation of Indian culture by disease and persecution, and it's a wonder to me… — N. Scott Momaday
The Indian Bureau system is wrong. The only way to adjust wrong is to abolish it, and the only reform is to let my people… — Unknown Author
We were told that they wished merely to pass through our country. . . to seek for gold in the far west . . .… — Red Cloud

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