Country Quote by Deb Haaland

We have a government-to-government relationship with tribes, and they should have that opportunity to weigh in on important decisions that affect them.

— Deb Haaland

Give these Indians little farms, survey them, let them put fences around them, let them have their own horses, cows, sheep, things that they…

— George Crook

Today what we see is tribes moving into the 21st century and facing real 21st century problems of globalization, of multi-national, national resource development,…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

“Ideally, leaders of the Five Tribes would exercise their sovereignty and be the governments that recognize groups that claim to be their blood kin.…

— Mark Edwin Miller

Tribes don't need Congressmembers' sympathy. What tribes need is for us to properly exercise our duty.

— Sharice Davids

Too often, Indian tribes are at the mercy of the shifting political winds of State government.

— Jim Costa

In Indian communities, it's a separate sovereign government, so you have to get permission from the tribal leadership before you can start campaigning on…

— Deb Haaland

This is really high on the priority list of tribal concerns. This is a cash cow in many circumstances, and tribes are concerned about…

— Jack Abramoff

Looking at the purpose of our government toward the Indians, we find that after subjugating them it has been our policy to collect the…

— Nelson A. Miles

Ultimately, the Indian public is not fool. They can spot the difference between what is said for effect and what is done in reality.…

— Rahul Bose

Notwithstanding the unaccountable apathy with which of late years the Indians have been sometimes abandoned to their enemies, it is not to be doubted…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803â1882

I've always considered myself a man of integrity as a leader of the American Indian Movement and of Indian people. I will stand that…

— Russell Means