Native American Quotes

251 Native American quotes by 145 unique authors

Where no one intrudes, many can live in harmony. — Chief Dan George
We have taken so much from your culture, I wish you had taken something from ours...For there were some beautiful and good things within it.… — Chief Dan George
The Tonkawa killed him it make my heart hot. I want my people follow after white way. Some white people do that, too. — Quanah Parker
By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life. — Unknown Author
No tribe has the right to sell, even to each other, much less to strangers.... Sell a country! Why not sell the air, the great… — Tecumseh
The only thing Native Americans ever did better than the rest of us is spirituality. Of course, that's everything, isn't it? — Deacon Jones
The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. — Chief Joseph
We do not own the freshness of the air or the sparkle of the water. How can you buy them from us? — Chief Seattle
We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will give every man… — Chief Joseph
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken… — Chief Joseph
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but… — Sitting Bull
The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling. — Black Elk
The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars. The wind, in… — Black Elk
I hope the Great Heavenly Father, who will look down upon us, will give all the tribes his blessing, that we may go forth in… — Red Cloud
He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. — Seneca the Younger
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of a person is… — Black Elk
Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred. — Black Elk
All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native American… — Sherman Alexie
What we did in the 1960s and early 1970s was raise the consciousness of white America that this government has a responsibility to Indian people.… — Dennis Banks
I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount of… — Michael Dorris
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people. — Chief Seattle
Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only… — Chief Seattle
The Indian prefers the soft sound of the wind darting over the face of the pond, the smell of the wind itself cleansed by a… — Chief Seattle
Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. — Chief Seattle
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

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