Indigenous Quotes

“You can't have a circumstance in which you have a native population and a non-native population in the same territory and not have a colonial dynamic.”

“The indigenous peoples of the Amazon are showing us the way. We must listen to them and learn from their good living.”

“We are the landlords of this country. We are not the tenants.”

“A 'settler' is not merely a land-thief. The term has a much more profound meaning than that, a meaning which is readily understood by indigenous peoples everywhere.”

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

“There is a good deal of watery sentimentality about the Aboriginals.”

“The native people of Alaska are a people of great dignity and worth, and they deserve our respect and our help.”

“Aboriginals receive more benefits than non-Aboriginals.”

“There is no greater model for living in community than the indigenous peoples.”

“The Eskimos are the finest people in the world.”

“The issue of sovereignty is not negotiable.”

“There can be no question that our nation's future is linked to the success of Aboriginal peoples.”

“Our Aboriginal peoples have traditions of living in balance with nature that are thousands of years old. We have much to learn from them.”

“Education is the new buffalo.”

“We are not vanishing. We are not going away.”

“The cradleboard is a teaching tool. It's about love, and it's about life.”

“The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of the forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings.”