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American Indian Quotes by Russell Means
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct.
- 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…
- Being is a spiritual proposition. Gaining is a material act. Traditionally, American Indians have always attempted to be the best people they could. Part of…
More American Indian Quotes
- In Delaware, the largest growth in population is Indian-Americans moving from India. You cannot go to a 7-11 or a Dunkin Donuts… — 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… — 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… — Chief Joseph
- We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will… — Chief Joseph
- I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and… — Chief Joseph
- All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot… — Sherman Alexie
- Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the… — 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… — Dennis Banks
- Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles, and… — 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… — Michael Dorris
- It's impossible to write about Native life without humor-that's how people maintain sanity. — Louise Erdrich