5 quotes
“The earth does not belong to us. We belong to the earth.”
— Chief Seattle
“I was only a young girl when I realized the grave injustice of taking peoples land and culture”
— Zitkala-Sa
“One of the finest things about being an Indian is that people are always interested in you and your plight”
— Vine Deloria Jr.
“When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came an Indian said simply Ours”
“Only to the white man was nature a wilderness and only to him was it infested with wild animals and savage people.”
— Luther Standing Bear
