History Quote by Charles C. Mann

“Scholars have estimated that by 1850, the aboriginal population in North America—besieged by the invaders’ explosive weaponry, wondrous technology, contemptuous cruelty, and irresistible pathogens,…

— Richard Kluger

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,…

— Wilma Mankiller

“Let’s assume it was Christopher Columbus’s “destiny” to discover the New World, and let’s pretend he was consciously aware of that fact. What possible…

— Chuck Klosterman

“When, in the fifteenth century, some audacious mariners who had sailed from Europe discovered America, nothing seemed to justify such a venture in the…

— Pierre Boulle

In fourteen hundred ninety-two Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. Now, some have argued Columbus actually discovered the West Indies, or that…

— Jon Stewart

The stories of our Indigenous people have shaped the very foundational fabric of our modern day. And so much of that is just not…

— Lily Gladstone

“Another result of the War of 1812 was the loss of part of our history. As historian Bruce Johansen put it, "A century of…

— James W. Loewen

“Columbus therefore cheated on his calculations, as the examining faculty of the University of Salamanca quite correctly pointed out. He used the smallest possible…

— Carl Sagan

On the Native American front, we have turned a new page in the 400-year history of the interface between the American settlers of this…

— Ken Salazar

We certainly did take the country from the Indians. Right. So, but what's going on here, as I would call it a, sort of,…

— Dinesh D'Souza

In the present, the way benevolence is expressed is in conceptualizing the Native as a historical relic; US people have to be constantly reminded…

— Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz

Indigenous peoples was messed over. It was like a tradition here. We broke every treaty with them that ever was written. I think Andrew…

— Dr. John