Indigenous Rights Quotes

“Aboriginals are not just another pressure group. They are the original Australians and they have been the most deprived and the most ignored.”

“We carry in our hearts the true country, and that cannot be stolen.”

“The time has come to say fair's fair, to pay the rent, to pay our share.”

“Chile has a pending task with its indigenous peoples.”

“Aboriginal issues are not just another special interest. They are a fundamental question of Canadian justice.”

“We are a people who have survived genocide.”

“Some say that they are beasts, others that they are angels, and others that they are men. For my part, I hold them to be men and to be treated as such.”