Indian Quote by Tommy Orange

“Some travellers tell us that an Indian had no name given him at first, but earned it, and his name was his fame; and…

— Henry David Thoreau

“A few names were known in full, some in part, some not at all. No one cared. Except in clearly unreasonable cases, a soldier…

— Tim O'Brien

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours.

— Vine Deloria Jr

Our names were made for us in another century.

— Richard Brautigan

The real names of our people were destroyed during slavery. The last name of my forefathers was taken from them when they were brought…

— Malcolm X

Indian names were either characteristic nicknames given in a playful spirit, deed names, birth names, or such as have a religious and symbolic meaning.

— Anonymous

My name is Mankiller, and in the old Cherokee Nation, when we lived here in the Southeast, we lived in semi-autonomous villages, and there…

— Wilma Mankiller

I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.

— Jay Chandrasekhar

My father didn't know his last name. My father got his last name from his grandfather, and his grandfather got it from his grandfather…

— Malcolm X

Now, if I had an Indian name, it would be 'Stands in Confusion'.

— Caroline Lawrence

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came, an Indian said simply, 'Ours.'

— Anonymous

“Unlike the white, billions of whom shared the same handful of names, all interchangeable in the end, a Comanche name lived and died with…

— Philipp Meyer