Accustomed Quote by Thomas Jefferson

We are a revitalized tribe. After every major upheaval, we have been able to gather together as a people to rebuild a community and…

— Wilma Mankiller

As a Cherokee, I can attest to the fact that Native Americans have been on the losing side of history. Our rights have been…

— Markwayne Mullin

“Indians were made for film. Indians were exotic and erotic. All those feathers, all that face paint, the breast plates, the bone chokers, the…

— Thomas King

We took advantage of [the Indians'] ignorance and inexperience to incline them the more easily toward treachery, lewdness, avarice, and every sort of inhumanity…

— Michel de Montaigne

I'm proud of being part Cherokee, and I think it's time all us Indians felt the same way.

— Loretta Lynn

“In existing writings about federally recognized tribes and their engagement with tribal acknowledgment politics, a palpable theme is clear: presently recognized nations are not…

— Mark Edwin Miller

The Indians began to be troublesome all around me, killing and wounding cattle, stealing horses, and threatening to attack us. I was obliged to…

— John Sutter

“Over time, it is all too common for people to lose touch with their heritage, as the thrill and immediacy of the present crowds…

— Eric Jay Dolin

Individually and collectively, Cherokee people possess an extraordinary ability to face down adversity and continue moving forward.

— Wilma Mankiller

The Indians gave up the land of their own free will, and for it received brass kettles, blankets, guns, shirts, flints, tobacco, rum and…

— Patrick Gordon

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

Smallpox in a blanket, which the U.S. Army gave to the Cherokee Indians on their long march to the West, was nothing compared to…

— Michael Savage