Quotes about native
native-american people world
Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless. Dead, did I say? There is no death, only change of worlds. Chief Seattle
native-american men air
All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. Chief Seattle
native-american law great-american
I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty. Chief Joseph
native-american men white-man
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indianwe can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all men alike. give them all the same law. Give them all an even chance to live and grow. Chief Joseph
native-american fighting sun
From where the sun now stands I will fight no more. Chief Joseph
native-american fighting great-american
We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow! Chief Joseph
native-american grizzly-bears deer
We were like deer. They were like grizzly bear. Chief Joseph
native-american race land
The Great Spirit Chief who rules above all will smile upon this land... and this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. Chief Joseph
native-american dust tree
We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones crumble and decay, faiths grow old and they are forgotten, but new beliefs are born. The faith of the villages is dust now... but it will grow again... like the trees. Chief Joseph
native-american circles shapes
I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw. Black Elk
native-american circles world
The power of the world always works in circles. Black Elk
native-american circles done
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. Black Elk
native-american circles bird
Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. Black Elk
native-american circles people
And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle. Black Elk
native-american would-be foolish
If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish. Black Elk
native-american world sacred
Everywhere is the center of the world. Everything is sacred. Black Elk
native-american grandfather wish
Like the grasses showing tender faces to each other, thus should we do, for this was the wish of the Grandfathers of the World. Black Elk
native-american circles doe
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. Black Elk
native-american eye men
But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost. Black Elk
native-american thinking people
I think people should look at learning about Native American history the same as visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the monuments there. It's all part of the package. Chaske Spencer
native-american men thinking
Do you think we care about the feelings of Native Americans when we celebrate Columbus Day? That's the day that the white man discovered a land where Indians had been living for a few thousand years. Carlos Mencia
native-language ideas skins
Our native language is like a second skin, so much a part of us we resist the idea that it is constantly changing, constantly being renewed. Casey Miller
natives tense
The natives are getting restless. It's a tense situation.
native several speakers
I haven't spoken English with native speakers in several months. I've been speaking Arabic.
native-american people made
America is made up of people who came from someplace else. Even the Native Americans came over the Bering strait... America is what it is because people came from someplace else. Isabel Wilkerson
native represents works
I like to say this show represents works by Native American artists, not Native American art.
native-american pursuit civilized
By peace our condition has been improved in the pursuit of civilized life. John Ross
native-american sides unbelievable
The Native American side was tragic. It's just unbelievable what has happened to them. Skeet Ulrich
native-american wind people
A cold wind blew on the prairie on the day the last buffalo fell. A death wind for my people. Sitting Bull
native-american heart wish
He put in your heart certain wishes and plans; in my heart, he put other different desires. Sitting Bull
native-american men rights
Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit. It is not necessary for eagles to be crows. Now we are poor but we are free. No white man controls our footsteps. If we must die, we die defending our rights. Sitting Bull
native-american men white-man
I am a red man. If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place. Sitting Bull
native-american thinking fool
You think I am a fool, but you are a greater fool than I am. Sitting Bull