America Quote by Jimmy Santiago Baca

You see the one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not a Native American. I'm not politically correct. Everyone…

— Russell Means

“That Native American cultures are imperiled is important and not just to Indians. It is important to everyone, or should be. When we lose…

— David Treuer

I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans.

— Bobby Jindal

“These white people think this country belongs to them - they don't realize that they are only in charge right now because there's more…

— Anna Mae Pictou Aquash

“They now endure incessant cultural appropriation by a majority society in the United States that celebrates an idealized American Indian but ignores reservation life—the…

— T.J. Stiles

We also recommit to supporting tribal self-determination, security, and prosperity for all Native Americans. While we cannot erase the scourges or broken promises of…

— Barack Obama

We are all indigenous people on this planet, and we have to reorganize to get along.

— Rebecca Adamson

We’re not Indians and we’re not Native Americans. We’re older than both concepts. We’re the people, we’re the human beings.

— John Trudell

All Americans are either immigrants or descendants of ancestors who came from somewhere else, including Native Americans. We should all respect and admire immigrants.

— Jan C. Ting

Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning…

— Ben Nighthorse Campbell

Native people such as the Cherokees are just as human and complex and real as Americans are, and our nation needs to respect American…

— Joseph Bruchac

There have been periods where the folks who were already here suddenly say, 'Well, I don't want those folks,' even though the only people…

— Barack Obama