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To be an Indian in modern American society is in a very real sense to be unreal and ahistorical. — Vine Deloria Jr.

I'm more comfortable weaving Indian flavors into American classics. — Aarti Sequeira

Where no one intrudes, many can live in harmony. — Chief Dan George

He who would do great things should not attempt them all alone. — Seneca The Younger

Fall into the cavern of my mind, and together there, we will dine. — Brad Jensen

I am tired with hyphenated Americans! We are not Indian-Americans, or African-Americans. — Bobby Jindal

The whole Indian thing, I always say it's really the American holocaust. It's something we need to look at. — Skeet Ulrich

Being Indian-American, I have tremendous potential to grow facial hair. — Vivek Murthy

I'm a first-generation American, so I had friends from several cultures while growing up, including Indian and Iranian friends. — Michael Steger

I think that the farmer displaces the Indian even because he redeems the meadow, and so makes himself stronger and in some respects more natural. — Henry David Thoreau

For the American Indian, the ability of all creatures to share in the process of ongoing creation makes all things sacred. — Paula Gunn Allen

American archaeology has always attracted lots of amateurs ... They were digging up Indian pottery all over the place. — Anthony F. C. Wallace

When a woman grabs my braids and says "How cute!" I crab her breast and say "How cute!" She never touches me again! — Russell Means

Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will. — D.H. Lawrence

'Indian policy' has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century. — Russell Means

This country was a lot better off when the Indians were running it. — Vine Deloria Jr.

The one thing I've always maintained is that I'm an American Indian. I'm not politically correct. — Russell Means

It would be folly to assume that an Indian Rockefeller would be better than an American Rockefeller. — Mark Kurlansky

West Indian cultural mentality and a North American life equals the perfect balance. — Melanie Fiona

I have Indian Blood in me. I have just enough white blood for you to question my honesty! — Will Rogers

Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease and herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence. — Mourning Dove

White domination is so complete that even American Indian children want to be cowboys. It's as if Jewish children wanted to play Nazis. — Ward Churchill

The only good Indian is a dead Indian — William Tecumseh Sherman

You said you like it on top. I spent all day imagining it. — Denise Grover Swank

Before you judge a person you have to walk in their moccasins and live in their lodge for a month. — Buddy Hannah

But inside loss there can be gain, too,like the small silver spider Bela had discovered one dewy morning, curled asleep at the center of a rose. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere. — John Trudell

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

The Indian's intercourse with Nature is at least such as admits of the greatest independence of each. — Henry David Thoreau

I sometimes think the contemporary white American is more culturally deprived than the Indian. — N. Scott Momaday

No, no, my friend. You are kind, and you mean well, but you can never understand these things as I do. You've never been oppressed. — S. Alice Callahan

We are the land. To the best of my understanding, that is the fundamental idea that permeates American Indian life ... — Paula Gunn Allen

Winston Churchill was not entirely British. His mother was American, making Sir Winston part Iroquois Indian. — Rachel Blanchard

The 'Righteous' are mightier than 'God. — Shivish

Next time! In what calendar are kept the records of those next times which never come? — Helen Hunt Jackson

See how long and bold my life line is? It's an indication of my sexual prowess. — Denise Grover Swank

I have made a short excursion into the new world which the Indian dwells in, or is. He begins where we leave off. — Henry David Thoreau

Indians and wolves are both beasts of prey, tho' they differ in shape. — George Washington

The American Indian was an individualist in religion as in war. He had neither a national army nor an organized church. — Charles Eastman

Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government
take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian. — Henry Ford

The white man will never be alone. Let him be just, and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not powerless. — Chief Seattle

This is my love line ... It says an incredibly sexy, but totally infuriating redheaded woman with barge into my life and drive me insane. — Denise Grover Swank

My heart is so heavy when I see the reality of the Indian reservation and as an American, I know I am, too, responsible. — Maya Angelou

With respect to the doctrine of a future life, a North American Indian knows just as much as any ancient or modern philosopher. — Thomas B. Macaulay

I'm going to undress you slowly so I can take in every inch of your perfect body.
Holy shit, he played dirty. — Denise Grover Swank

I have long hair because I'm American Indian. I'm an Oklahoma boy, and I'm very proud of my heritage. — Christian Kane

The idea that "all men are created equal" is a gift to the world from the American Indian. — Robert M. Pirsig

The Romanovs are overtaken by the Indian Maharajahs as American heiresses pick over the carcasses of fallen Empire. — Suzy Menkes

Who can declare that money is not a power which rulers of the world cannot withstand? — S. Alice Callahan

In Indian Country," he says, "we have a different sense of time. I'm learning and you're learning - and more will. — Gloria Steinem

The White Man goes into his church and talks about Jesus. The Indian goes into his tipi and talks with Jesus. — Quanah Parker

Tribal sovereignty means that. It's sovereign. You're a ... you're a ... you've been given sovereignty and you're viewed as a sovereign entity. — George W. Bush

I've always been fascinated with the history of the Plains Indians and the history of the American Indian Movement in the '70s. — Jason Aaron

All the problems we face in the United States today can be traced to an unenlightened immigration policy on the part of the American Indian. — Pat Paulsen

I have much to learn of the Indian, nothing of the missionary. — Henry David Thoreau

I'm a little bit like a turducken: I'm sort of like an Indian person, wrapped in a British person, wrapped in an American kind of thing. — Aasif Mandvi

Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk

I don't put much stock in remembering things. Being able to forget is a superior skill. — Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni

President Obama met with leaders of the American Indian tribes and they honored the president by giving him his own Indian name: Running Deficits. — Jay Leno