Common sense Quote by W. Kamau Bell

We know that this nation entered into solemn treaties [with Indian tribes] which have been continuously violated for more than 250 years. It's a…

— John McCain

Congress passed the 1887 General Allotment Act. And that act ended up dispossessing tribes of 90 million acres. That history of dispossession was also…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

The case of Johnson v. M'Intosh is exactly why Congress can pass legislation as it did with the Rio Tinto land mine deal because…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

They want us to give up another chunk of our tribal land. This is not the first time or the last time.

— Sitting Bull

When Europeans came to the New World the first thing they said is, well, Indians don't appreciate property. They're savage. They're backwards. They're uncivilized.…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

“If this situation is going to change, then the call to Honour the Treaties needs to go a whole lot further than raising money…

— Naomi Klein

It may be regarded as certain that not a foot of land will ever be taken from the Indians without their own consent.

— Thomas Jefferson

African-Americans were dispossessed of the land by being brought over here in slave ships, whereas Indians were on the land and fought literally wars…

— Robert A. Williams, Jr

Indigenous peoples was messed over. It was like a tradition here. We broke every treaty with them that ever was written. I think Andrew…

— Dr. John

The Indians, they don't fully understand that a lot of the things that they currently take for granted on those lands, they won't be…

— Orrin Hatch

... looked at from the standpoint of the ultimate result, there was little real difference to the Indian whether the land was taken by…

— Theodore Roosevelt

“How can these countries who have stolen land from the Red Indians, the Aborigines, the Eskimos dare to tell us what to do with…

— Robert Mugabe