History Quote by Sherman Alexie

“We ought to know the history of our ancient ancestors.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

“I saw him with her last week, at a coffeehouse near my apartment. They were holding hands. She’s captivated him.” “The Lakota Captive.” Leta…

— Diana Palmer

“Did you just pick them up out of their lives?' ' No,' she insisted, 'I waited 'till they were dead.' 'You dug them up?!'…

— Emma Iadanza

“I realized that, sure, I was a Spokane Indian. I belonged to that tribe. But I also belonged to the tribe of American immigrants.…

— Sherman Alexie

“It's just old black-and-whites,' she had said, flicking her wrist in the way one might dismiss a pile of junk mail. 'Relatives nobody remembers.'…

— Sarah Jio

“Don't you dare take the lazy way. It's too easy to excuse yourself because of your ancestry.”

— John Steinbeck

“I’m an Indian.” She’s never told anyone this except Jack. To Tyler she knows she’s just . . . Goth, if he thinks of…

— Christina Baker Kline

“But Americans are not great historians, and so, for years—educated by my neighbor—I thought that sagamore was an Indian word for lake.”

— John Irving

You cannot really conceive of how insulting it is to Native Americans to be told they were discovered.

— Ivan van Sertima

“Ix who? " "Ix Caut. Your name in this life meant 'Little Snake.'" Bill watched her face change. "It was a term of endearment…

— Lauren Kate

“It is a hard lesson to learn and a lesson we most of us need to learn at some point: We cannot assume to…

— Na'ama Yehuda

“In my time first cousins did not meet like strangers. But we are learning modesty from the Americans, and old English ways are too…

— Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu