Indigenous Quotes

160 quotes by 110 authors

So, at one extreme you have indigenous, tribal societies trying to stem the race to disaster. At the other extreme, the richest, most powerful societies… — Noam Chomsky
As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians. — Daniel Kahikina Akaka
So what is the Dreaming? I would say the Dreaming is a non-indigenous term used in its broadest sense to describe the stories of our… — Hetti Perkins
Supercars are supposed to run over Arthur Scargill and then run over him again for good measure. They are designed to melt ice caps, kill… — Jeremy Clarkson
What is a country without rabbits and partridges? They are among the most simple and indigenous animal products; ancient and venerable families known to antiquity… — Henry David Thoreau
Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European… — John Shimkus
Simply put: Thanksgiving is the day when the dominant white culture (and, sadly, most of the rest of the non-white but non-indigenous population) celebrates the… — Robert Jensen
Starting out from the fact that the frustrated predominate among the early adherents of all mass movements and that they usually join of their own… — Eric Hoffer
To reach your heart, as every indigenous tribe I know has told me, you must first remember your Divine Mother... Your Mother is alive and… — Drunvalo Melchizedek
The thing we often forget to talk about, or perhaps we take for granted, is our countryâ€™s dazzling beauty. Our natural environment is so much… — Quentin Bryce
We need to return to learning about the land by being on the land, or better, by being in the thick of it. That is… — Gary Paul Nabhan
Peace. The upland serenity of high altitude, the openness of grassland without indigenous bush or trees; the greening, yellowing or silver-browning that prevailed, according to… — Nadine Gordimer
Indigenous people have discovered that Christianity is not inherently Western but universal - 'translatable' into any cultural idiom. — Nancy Pearcey
Meditation is something that is indigenous to the heart, which makes it hard to talk about. We don't necessarily need to talk about it too… — Frederick Lenz
We are now facing a difficult situation in Peru, where there are attempts to cut back the territorial rights of the indigenous peoples, including moves… — Evaristo Nugkuag
Dear Iranian nation, your children have placed the first indigenous satellite into orbit. — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss. — Jay Griffiths
All definitions of wilderness that exclude people seem to me to be false. African 'wilderness' areas are racist because indigenous people are being cleared out… — Jay Griffiths
There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs. — Jessica Hagedorn
The idea is the least labor and capital and resources you put together and the more you accumulate the better capitalist you are. So the… — Winona LaDuke

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