Quote by Nancy Richmond

I don't know anything about the Appalachian mountains or cowboys and Indians or anything. I just made it up.

— Paul McCartney

“The tragedy of Central Appalachia is that it is becoming more marginalized in American life just when the country needs more than ever what…

— Harry M. Caudill

“Once, aeons ago, the Appalachians were of a scale and majesty to rival the Himalayas—piercing, snow-peaked, pushing breathtakingly through the clouds to heights of…

— Bill Bryson

The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for…

— Luther Standing Bear

“I am not only from Appalachia; I am of Appalachia.”

— Linda Scott DeRosier

Land. If you understand nothing else about the history of Indians in North America, you need to understand that the question that really matters…

— Thomas King

The occupation of America (and Columbus's arrival quite clearly was an occupation, no one can deny that) meant that the entire history of the…

— Vandana Shiva

A long time ago a very powerful race of Indians lived here. They were from another cycle; their being was of another composition. They…

— Frederick Lenz

The whole concept of 'wild' was decidedly European, one not shared by the original inhabitants of this continent. What we called 'wilderness' was to…

— Doug Peacock

“bear Indian names such as Yukon, Ontario, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in the north, and Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, and Arizona in the south. Often these…

— Jack Weatherford