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70 American Indian quotes by 56 unique authors

For a subject worked and reworked so often in novels, motion pictures, and television, American Indians remain probably the least understood and most misunderstood Americans… — John F. Kennedy
The American Indian, once proud and free, is torn now between White and tribal values; between the politics and language of the White man and… — Lyndon B. Johnson
What we have done with the American Indian is its way as bad as what we imposed on the Negroes. We took a proud and… — Richard M. Nixon
It is the fundamental right of every American, as guaranteed by the first amendment of the Constitution, to worship as he or she pleases... This… — Jimmy Carter
This government to government relationship is the result of sovereign and independent tribal governments being incorporated into the fabric of our Nation, of Indian tribes… — George H. W. Bush
Let us rededicate ourselves to the principle that all Americans have the tools to make the most of their God-given potential. For Indian tribes and… — William J. Clinton
Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. — George W. Bush
We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken promises of our… — Barack Obama
I heard stories from my mother's mother who was an American Indian. She was spiritual, although she did not go to church, but she had… — Tina Turner
What the American Indian Movement says is that the American Indians are the Palestinians of the United States, and the Palestinians are the American Indians… — Russell Means
You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically correct. Everyone who's… — Russell Means
Above all, I wanted to be appreciated as a prima ballerina who happened to be a Native American, never as someone who was an American… — Maria Tallchief
There are more American Indians alive today than there were when Columbus arrived or at any other time in history. Does this sound like a… — Rush Limbaugh
While public school history courses in the United States stress the horrors of the German Nazi murder of 6 million Jews and Josef Stalin's pogroms… — Unknown Author
White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play Nazis. — Ward Churchill
REPARTEE, n. Prudent insult in retort. Practiced by gentlemen with a constitutional aversion to violence, but a strong disposition to offend. In a war of… — Ambrose Bierce
Like almost everyone else in America, I grew up believing the myth of the objective scientist. Fortunately I was raised on the edges of two… — Vine Deloria, Jr.
So, one of the things I was doing with the aliens in The Quiet Invasion was creating that advanced society which had ideas about morality… — Sarah Zettel
A few scattered accounts, collected and combined together, may lead us to two certain conclusions: 1. That all the American Indians are one kind of… — Ezra Stiles
I hear Republicans and Libertarians and so forth talking about property rights, but they stop talking about property rights as soon as the subject of… — Ward Churchill
The idea of hunting and gathering as the best way for life has become quite popular recently, much more populare in some circles than the… — Walter Truett Anderson
The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct. — Russell Means
Gary Cooper was a good friend. He was a great nature lover. He was like an American Indian, he knew every leaf that was turned… — Richard Widmark
Every culture from the Egyptians to the Mayans to the American Indians to the Bedouins created bestiaries that enabled them to express their relationship with… — Gregory Colbert
It takes a strong effort on the part of each American Indian not to become Europeanized. The strength for this effort can only come from… — Russell Means

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