Attitude Quote by Tony Hillerman

I know what I write about seems exotic to a lot of people, but not for me. I pulled up to an old trading…

— Tony Hillerman

“One of the many facets of Navajo culture that appeals to me is the lack of value attached to vengeance. This ‘eye for an…

— Anne Hillerman

My wartime experiences developing a code that utilized the Navajo language taught how important our Navajo culture is to our country. For me that…

— Chester Nez

We need only look to our Navajo Code Talkers during World War II to see the value that Native languages bring not only to…

— Rick Renzi

I certainly don't object to [writers] trying to imagine the lives of other societies, but you have to do it with a certain amount…

— Michael Dorris

Indians do not hinder the progress of their dead by embalming or tight coffining. When the spirit has gone they give the body back…

— Emily Carr

The Navajo, for example, regard their traditional lands as within the four sacred peaks. One of those sacred peaks is the San Francisco Peaks…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

Suddenly the land is haunted by all these dead Indians. There is this new fascination with the Southwest, with places like Santa Fe, New…

— Richard Rodriguez

Many Indians have told me that the most basic difference between Western and indigenous ways of being is that Westerners view the world as…

— Anonymous

Nothing is quite like the Native American Spirit. It is so freeing and liberating to understand the culture. It is a way of life.

— Jenna Bognar

All I try to do is portray Indians as we are, in creative ways. With imagination and poetry. I think a lot of Native…

— Sherman Alexie

“A cavalry of sweaty but righteous blond gods chased pesky, unkempt people across an annoyingly leaky Mexican border. A grimy cowboy with a headdress…

— Ellen Meloy