Camps Quote by Sherman Alexie

The Indians had to be either killed, or herded into reservations, which were essentially concentration camps, and forgotten. Their history had to be absolutely…

— Richard Rodriguez

Indians were frequently off their reservations.

— Buffalo Bill

One of the first things people think of when they think of Native Americans is reservations. We didn't have any idea what that was.…

— Kelvin Sampson

Indians don't last in prison. They weren't born for it like the whites.

— Abraham Polonsky

“It’s hard to be optimistic on the reservation. When a glass sits on a table here, people don’t wonder if it’s half filled or…

— Sherman Alexie

The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of sorts.

— John Russell

“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

Tribes must be our homes, not our prisons.

— Mark Driscoll

In the late '90s, I spent a lot of time on reservations, and there was a level of poverty and injustice that I had…

— Taylor Sheridan

“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

What the Indians are saying is that they are recognizing the right of wilderness to be wilderness. Wilderness is not an extension of human…

— Paula Gunn Allen