Native Quotes

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The whites, too, shall pass - perhaps sooner than other tribes. Continue to contaminate your own bed, and you might suffocate in your own waste. — Chief Seattle
Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of… — Chief Seattle
The Lord has never indicated that black skin came because of being less faithful. Now, the Indian; we know why he has changed, don't we?… — LeGrand Richards
Verily, I say unto you, that the wisdom of man, in his fallen state, knoweth not the purposes and the privileges of my hold priesthood,… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
We are greatly conscious of the fact that among the Lamanites - as well as among all peoples of other countries - we have a… — Spencer W. Kimball
The Lamanites [Native Americans], now a down-trodden people, are a remnant of the house of Israel. The curse of God has followed them as it… — Wilford Woodruff
making a noise in this world making a noise in this world you can bet your ass, I won't go quietly making a noise in… — Robbie Robertson
You and I both know, deep in your heart, you agree with me. And I will prove it with one hypothetical scenario: you are alone… — Frazier Glenn Miller, Jr.
Brothers, we must be united; we must smoke the same pipe; we must fight each other's battles; and more than all, we must love the… — Tecumseh
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours. — Tecumseh
Immense deposits of kimmeridge clay, containing the oil-bearing bands or seams, stretch across England from Dorsetshire to Lincolnshire. [An early political recognition of the native… — Winston Churchill
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
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
A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. — Sitting Bull
To say nothing is out here is incorrect; to say the desert is stingy with everything except space and light, stone and earth is closer… — William Least Heat-Moon
The most Indian thing about the Indian is surely not his moccasins or his calumet, his wampum or his stone hatched, but traits of character… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
[The is] a mistaken belief that [the word Indian] refers somehow to the country, India. When Columbus washed up on the beach in the Caribbean,… — Russell Means
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is… — Black Elk
Silence,they say,is the voice of complicity. But silence is impossible. Silence screams. Silence is the message,just as doing nothing is an act. Let who you… — Leonard Peltier
How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the… — Chief Seattle

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