Native Quotes
646 quotes by 477 authors
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The United States - you know, native people are large landowners, but the military has a huge chunk of our territories. And in those, there…
— Winona LaDuke
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In the end, there is no absence of irony: the integrity of what is sacred to Native Americans will be determined by the government that…
— Winona LaDuke
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Post office closures in the Dakotas and Minnesota will impact many communities, but the White Earth reservation villages, and other tribal towns of Squaw Lake,…
— Winona LaDuke
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I was in Charlotte, N.C., when they launched the NBA team there, the Charlotte Hornets. And the first guy to roll into town was Carolina…
— Hannah Storm
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Canada, Australia and New Zealand have apologised for their treatment of native peoples.
— Stephen Kinzer
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While they trace their history back to wars that helped to ethnically cleanse Native Americans and to their exploits in the Civil War fighting for…
— Brendan Sexton III
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For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and…
— Dan Maffei
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I believe it is my responsibility to do what I can for children and people with Down syndrome as well as in my native Dominican…
— Albert Pujols
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The digitally native generation has no idea what has been lost to the freedom of intimacy that has no fear of being recorded.
— Tina Brown
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Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great…
— Severo Ochoa
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I always think of the Pacific Northwest as giant trees and rain and clouds and dampness, like the Native American art from that area. That…
— Kyle MacLachlan
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The Native American cultures on this continent, most of them, were matrilineal, and some women were the chiefs. Societies were about balance.
— Gloria Steinem
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Under Howard, federal government support for black Australia slowly dried up. Services were slashed, native title restricted.
— Richard Flanagan
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I grew up in Chelsea on 22nd Street... I am really a native New Yorker.
— Matt McGorry
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Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.
— Richard Francis Burton
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The best translations cannot convey to us the strength and exquisite delicacy of thought in its native garb, and he to whom such books are…
— Edwin Booth
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Lord, Bless our enemies; have mercy upon them, may they turn their course and let us alone, and let us live in peace at our…
— William Pennington
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Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans…
— Beau Bridges
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To us, basing stories on christianity is the same as basing stories on Roman mythology, Native American folklore, or unsubstantiated government conspiracies.
— Richard King
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Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West.
— Dennis Banks
Who Wrote These Native Quotes
477 authors contributed a total of 646 Native Quotes, led by these top contributors: