Native Americans Quotes

82 Native Americans quotes by 63 unique authors

The Indian knew how to live without wants, to suffer without complaint, and to die singing. — Alexis de Tocqueville
The most common trait of all primitive peoples is a reverence for the life-giving earth, and the Native American shared this elemental ethic: The land… — Stewart Udall
Thus the white men and Native Americans were able, through the spirit of goodwill and compromise, to reach the first in what would become a… — Dave Barry
Though many non-Native Americans have learned very little about us, over time we have had to learn everything about them. We watch their films, read… — Wilma Mankiller
When Europeans arrived on this continent, they blew it with the Native Americans. They plowed over them, taking as much as they could of their… — Mary Pipher
I'm not encouraged by the silence. I can think of no benign reason for it. I'm afraid we may expect something closer to Christopher Columbus's… — Rick Yancey
Because of the Civil Rights movement, new doors of opportunity and education swung open for everybody ... Not just for blacks and whites, but also… — Barack Obama
When you start to look at Native American history, you realize that, very far from being a peaceful, morally superior people, Native Americans were not… — Philipp Meyer
All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants. — Jan C. Ting
I started collecting aerial photographs of Native American and South Pacific architecture; only the African ones were fractal. And if you think about it, all… — Ron Eglash
In my own view, the life expectancy of Native Americans in the United States is one of the really great moral crises that we face. — Jim Yong Kim
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
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
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
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
Here, we tell the story: why the people came here, what they did when they got here, going back to the Native Americans and coming… — Robert Patterson
The home ownership process for Native Americans has been hobbled by bureaucratic delays and regulations. — Rick Renzi
Nothing is quite like the Native American Spirit. It is so freeing and liberating to understand the culture. It is a way of life. — Jenna Bognar
There two wolves always fighting inside you . One is evil, full of anger, sorrow, regret, greed, self-pity and false pride. The other is good,… — Unknown Author
You don't sing with harmony cause you want to hear it, you sing with harmony because you feel it. That's tradition. — Who Cares Right?
My Indian name was Runs with Scissors, but eventually the tribe elders changed it to Waves at Dogs. — Rock Cowles
I love Caribbean food. It's a great melting pot of so many cultures including the Native Americans. — Bob Greene
The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of sorts. — John Russell
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men… — Chief Joseph
You can't have all chiefs, you've got to have Indians too — American Proverb

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