Different Quote by Nelson A. Miles

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

I thought I was benefiting the Indians as well as the government, by taking them all over the United States, and giving them a…

— Buffalo Bill

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

— Jim Costa

“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

I see no reason why Indians who can give satisfactory proof of having by their own labor supported their families for a number of…

— Rutherford B. Hayes

Wayne: I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them … the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it…

— John Wayne

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

This government to government relationship is the result of sovereign and independent tribal governments being incorporated into the fabric of our Nation, of Indian…

— George H. W. Bush

It is pleasing to reflect that results so beneficial, not only to the States immediately concerned, but to the harmony of the Union, will…

— Andrew Jackson

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

Congress passed the 1887 General Allotment Act. And that act ended up dispossessing tribes of 90 million acres. That history of dispossession was also…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

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