Fire Quote by Henry Hudson

“In every immediate way, the natives had the upper hand. They outnumbered the survivors by more than ten to one. They were healthy and…

— Mitchell Zuckoff

“I heard a young city boy ask an elderly Papago woman if, lacking a harvesting pole, one could ever collect fruit off the tall…

— Gary Paul Nabhan

“The tales that white people tell you of their Native servants are conceived in the same spirit. If they had been told that they…

— Isak Dinesen

As the arrow that leaves the bow cannot be recaptured, what we say, senselessly, about others causes us great harm.

— Sylvia Fraser

The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and threatening to attack us. I was obliged to…

— John Sutter

“I have heard that the ancients used bows and arrows to their advantage.”

— Sun Tzu

“The rapacious white tribe who were arriving in increasing numbers, not only as convicts but also as settlers, wanted to own everything they touched.…

— Bryce Courtenay

The natives are superficially agreeable, but they go in for cannibalism, headhunting, infanticide, incest, avoidance and joking relationships, and biting lice in half with…

— Margaret Mead

For Native Americans, the most shameful and powerful corrective gesture is to literally and physically turn one's back upon a person who has transgressed,…

— Ashley Judd