Upper hand Quote by Mitchell Zuckoff

“They were like two poor little leaves in a storm which bore death and annihilation not only to the heads of individuals, but to…

— Henryk Sienkiewicz

These natives are a very good people; for when they saw that I would not remain, they supposed that I was afraid of their…

— Henry Hudson

“other hand, had been the exact opposite.  Six-foot-five, Native American who weighed in at three-hundred pounds and”

— Kristie K. Shafer

“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

“The little settlements we lived in-He-Dog, Upper Cut Meat, Parmelee, St. Francis, Belvidere-were places without hope where bodies and souls were being destroyed bit…

— Mary Crow Dog

“The early settlers amazed her--they had pluck, they led lives of sweaty drama. Theirs was a world of corsets and whipping posts and indentured…

— Jennifer Vanderbes

“Atrocities were expected in both European and Native conflicts. And yet, the English had to admit that compared to what was typical of European…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

“It was not long until it became manifest that I would have to either give up the Indians or lose my standing with the…

— Daniel Webster Jones

“Before, they wouldn't speak to each other. Now they were mobilized. The Tribe was in danger.”

— Charles Bukowski

“They had survived, when so many had not. And no one ­else could understand what it was like to bear it, unless they had…

— Sarah J. Maas

“Jimmy said, "We survived slavery. Think about that. Not because we were strong. The American Indians were strong, and they were on their own…

— Maya Angelou

“This (white settlers) was the section of humanity that was favored in that place, the Indians had no place no more there. Their tickets…

— Sebastian Barry