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The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to…

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America does not seem to remember that it derived its wealth, its values, its food, much of its medicine, and a large…
Indians think it is important to remember, while Americans believe it is important to forget.
Human beings need to belong to a tradition and equally need to know about the world in which they find themselves.
Humor is widely used by Indians to deal with life. Indian gatherings are marked by laughter and jokes, many directed at the…
An odd thing occurs in the minds of Americans when Indian civilization in mentioned: little or nothing.
English is, from my point of view as an Americanist, an ethnicity. And English literature should be studied in Comparative Literature. And…
In the Native American tradition... a man, if he's a mature adult, nurtures life. He does rituals that will help things grow,…
The hoop dancer dances within what encircles him, demonstrating how the people live in motion within the circling spirals of time and…
There are many female gods recognized and honored by the tribes and Nations. Femaleness was highly valued, both respected and feared, and…
For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred.
The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they…
Snowflakes, leaves, humans, plants, raindrops, stars, molecules, microscopic entities all come in communities. The singular cannot in reality exist.

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The advent of self-government for the Iraqi people is a watershed moment in their history. — Todd Akin
Black people don't have an accurate idea of their history, which has been either suppressed or distorted. — Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
It is unfortunate that so much of the history of Africa has been written by conquerors, foreigners, missionaries and adventurers. The Egyptians… — John Henrik Clarke
You can't walk alone. Many have given the illusion, but none have really walked alone. Man is not made that way. Each… — Peter Abrahams
Other countries have their history. Uruguay has its football. — Unknown Author
If you can cut the people off from their history, then they can be easily persuaded. — Karl Marx
The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land,… — Thomas Gray
They're lying bastards. Jews were always lying bastards throughout their history. They're a filthy, dirty, disgusting, vile, criminal people. — Bobby Fischer
We have not invaded anyone. We have not conquered anyone. We have not grabbed their land, their culture, their history and tried… — Abdul Kalam
Never in all their history have men been able truly to conceive of the world as one: a single sphere, a globe,… — Archibald MacLeish
A few months ago, and again this week, bin Laden publicly vowed to publicly wage a terrorist war against America, saying, and… — William J. Clinton
The words of the Constitution... are so unrestricted by their intrinsic meaning or by their history or by tradition or by prior… — Felix Frankfurter

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