(282 quotes found)
“In the early days of the Indian Territory, there were no such things as birth certificates. You being there was certificate enough.”
Will Rogers
“My crown is in my heart, not in my head, Nor decked with diamonds and Indian stones, Nor to be seen; my crown is called contentment; A crown it is, that seldom kings enjoy”
William Shakespeare
“The Indians had to wait up to six months for a response. It took me six months to get the message that I really wanted to be with Aidan. And now, I couldn't wait another minute. Are all the improvements in communication really helping us communicate? In m”
Sex and the City
“If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he 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. All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”
Chief Joseph
“America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.”
William S. Burroughs
“I have had to make a cross of two logs, and lie down on it, to show the Indians what it means to crucify a man.”
Jim Elliot
“Indian burns are not our cultural heritage”
Nancy Cartwright
“Kevin Costner has feathers in his hair and feathers in his head. The Indians should have called him 'Plays with Camera.”
Pauline Kael
“We are Indians, firstly and lastly.”
B. R. Ambedkar
“I'd like to put on buckskins and a ponytail and go underwater with a reed, hiding from the Indians... To me, that's sexy!”
Kevin Costner