Big deal Quote by Ciro Guerra

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

If people can't acknowledge the wisdom of indigenous cultures, then that's their loss.

— Jay Griffiths

Indigenous people made huge contributions to this country. The biggest is in sharing the land and resources. People need to see that, understand that.…

— Perry Bellegarde

The economic piece is still missing, since it's so hard to attract industry to reservations, but spiritually and educationally, they're doing just fine. Each…

— James Welch

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

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which…

— Alice Walker

A couple of things are missing from Indigenous affairs. We tend to go and process, we tend to spend a lot of money for…

— Yitzhak Rabin

It's a very Aboriginal thing to do, to give younger people greater responsibilities within the community as they become able to take those responsibilities…

— Jackie Huggins

What but education has advanced us beyond the condition of our indigenous neighbors? And what chains them to their present state of barbarism and…

— Thomas Jefferson

In a society where all are related, simple decisions require the approval of nearly everyone in that society. It is society as a whole,…

— Rebecca Adamson

There's guilt about our treatment of native peoples in modern intellectual life, and an unwillingness to acknowledge there could be anything good about Western…

— Steven Pinker

I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same…

— Serj Tankian