Indian Quote by Russell Smith Download Open image “An Indian tribe is sovereign to the extent that the U.S. permits it to be sovereign.” — Russell Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Indian Permits Sovereign Tribe
Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a... you're a... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
Being an Indian means living with the land. And the only way we'll be able to do that is to gain our freedom. — Russell Means Copy Share Image
“Confusing the matter is the fact that there are three often-conflicting definitions at play: American Indians are the only people defined as an ethnic group, a racial group, and by reference to membership in a recognized tribe (politically). Many individuals do not comprehend the distinctions. Because of the confusion, the Five Tribes and others came to demand citizenship in a… — Mark Edwin Miller Copy Share
This government to government relationship is the result of sovereign and independent tribal governments being incorporated into the fabric of our Nation, of Indian tribes becoming what our courts have come to refer to as quasi-sovereign domestic dependent nations. Over the years the relationship has flourished, grown, and evolved into a vibrant partnership in which over 500 tribal governments stand… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share
We, as Indian tribes, should be able to prosecute non-Indians on tribal lands. But on Indian land, we have no ability to prosecute anyone… — Wes Studi Copy Share Image
We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life. — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
To be called a sovereign nation, a nation has to be able to control its own borders. It is controlling your own destiny in… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation. — Nelson A. Miles Copy Share Image
The U.A.E. cannot be considered as any other nation as their rulers have underlined. Indians, especially Keralites, have contributed immensely in their nation building. — Pinarayi Vijayan Copy Share Image
Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom… — Joe Baca Copy Share Image
US law and international human rights law have radically diverged in the past years in terms of the recognition of indigenous people's rights. International… — Robert A. Williams, Jr Copy Share Image
If you tell your husband or boyfriend for his whole life that he needn't worry about his clothes, that he couldn't possibly understand them,… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Canadian writers don't live in gated mansions; you can just talk to them when you see them lining up at the Second Cup. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
I was given a thick paperback copy of the 'Guinness Book of Records' when I was 11 years old, and I read it gluttonously,… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
What I would love to see is art that explicitly addresses not personal intimacies but anonymous intimacies: the vast collections of facts about you… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Indeed, the whole point of the man bun, I have surmised, is to assert a high proficiency at yoga. There are no yoga-achievement badges,… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Anything that encourages a boy to open a book, in a world of more violent and therefore more compelling video games, is something I'm… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Verisimilitude is something I am constantly seeking in fiction. I am looking for surface detail that makes something seem real. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Increasingly, to dismiss any popular artistic style is seen as the worst kind of snobbery. And snobbery, it goes without saying, is unacceptable in… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
What I don't understand is why men have decided that they like wearing hats indoors. It makes no sense to me. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
I am indeed completely nuts, but that doesn't mean I don't care about how I look. Sometimes, I admit, I will privilege appearance over… — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
Everyone likes to hear that their eccentricities and their addictions are simply evidence of their sensitive artistic nature. — Russell Smith Copy Share Image
In China, people are moving from bigger cars to small hatches, and interestingly, the Indian market is graduating to bigger cars and sedans. I… — Winfried Vahland Copy Share Image
Our nation was born in genocide when it embraced the doctrine that the original American, the Indian, was an inferior race. ... We are… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
A buyer can buy anything from wherever he gets it cheap. Where will the Indian trader or farmer go in this case? Are we… — Nirmala Sitharaman Copy Share Image
My parents don't care what Americans think of us; we just care what the other Indian people in our community think of us. — Himanshu Suri Copy Share Image
“Its just either your way or my way. There is no way that is universally right. For British, they killed us to develop their… — Hanif Hassan Barbhuiya Copy Share Image
Being of Indian heritage is a challenge - and it's a blessing as well sometimes - because being good isn't good enough. You have… — Sacha Dhawan Copy Share Image
The simple and astonishing truth about India and Indian people is that when you go there, and deal with them, your heart always guides… — Gregory David Roberts Copy Share Image
I always wanted to be a fireman, a cop, an Indian chief, a doctor, a lawyer. I always wanted to be all these things,… — Morgan Freeman Copy Share Image
I wish to contribute more to south Indian music, especially Tamil music. — Yo Yo Honey Singh Copy Share Image
I'm an Indian and I shall not do anything that goes against my ethos. — Sherlyn Chopra Copy Share Image
