Native Quotes

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Language development, for instance, has a critical period that begins in infancy and ends between eight years and puberty. After this critical period closes, a… — Norman Doidge
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
A native American group has filed a class-action lawsuit against the government for mismanagement of oil, gas, grazing, timber and other royalties since 1887. They're… — Stephen Colbert
I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening,… — Sean Bean
The Old Religion, as we call it, is closer in spirit to Native American traditions or to shamanism of the Arctic. It is not based… — Starhawk
I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because Iâ€™m born and raised in… — America Ferrera
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
Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us — Dennis Banks
To approach animals in their most natural, native settings. I have to understand the mysteries of their behavior. With careful preparation, I can show the… — Paul Nicklen
The challenge for me, and for Asian models in general has been convincing editors, stylists and photographers that we can have mass appeal, but Asian,… — Liu Wen
Well, if youâ€™re a native Chicagoan, you know how dumb he [Dr. Robert Hartley] is. He gets on the Ravenswood El, he goes past his… — Bob Newhart
Of course, western is my native music, — Ken Curtis
The river moves from land to water to land, in and out of organisms, reminding us what native peoples have never forgotten: that you cannot… — Lynn Culbreath Noel
There have been players with Indian heritage, but there hasn't been a Native-American professional basketball player who became a regular for all sorts of social… — Sherman Alexie
I have been called a curmudgeon, which my obsolescent dictionary defines as a 'surly, ill-mannered, bad-tempered fellow'. Nowadays, curmudgeon is likely to refer to anyone… — Edward Abbey
I am on this account not displeased that the Figure is not known as a Bald Eagle, but looks more like a Turkey. For the… — Benjamin Franklin
I have been guilty of watching Westerns without acknowledging that Native Americans have gone through the same madness as African Americans. Isn't it extraordinary that… — Judith Jamison
I'm even taller in person, because photographs shrink you down and steal your soul native american. — Thom Yorke
No author, without a trial, can conceive of the difficulty of writing a romance about a country where there is no shadow, no antiquity, no… — Nathaniel Hawthorne
It is important to understand that there are many different ways of seeing the world and expressing the wisdom of Native belief...No one voice speaks… — Joseph Bruchac

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