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“One hundred years before the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, the Spanish government issued a decree authorizing the enslavement of the American Indian as in accord with the law of God and man.”

Men Years Government Law Hundred Indian Accord Pilgrim Decree American Indian Enslavement Plymouth

Book:SERVING THE REPUBLIC

Source: SERVING THE REPUBLIC

“I am committed to furthering the self-determination of Indian communities but without terminating the special relationship between the Federal Government and the Indian people. I am strongly opposed to termination. Self-determination means that you can decide the nature of your tribe's relationship with the Federal Government within the framework of the Self-Determination Act, which I signed in January of 1975.”

People Mean Self Government Community Special Determination Committed Indian Self Determination Tribes Federal Government Framework January American Indian Termination Special Relationship

Book:Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

Source: Gerald R. Ford: containing the public messages, speeches, and statements of the President

“I would like to see the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Sind and Baluchistan amalgamated into a single State. Self-government within the British Empire, or without the British Empire, the formation of a consolidated North-West Indian Muslim State appears to me to be the final destiny of the Muslims, at least of North-West India.”

Self States Government Destiny India West Finals British Indian Empires Frontiers Formation Provinces British Empire Self-government Punjab

Book:Letters of Iqbal

Source: Letters of Iqbal

“The soldiers never explained to the government when an Indian was wronged, but reported the misdeeds of the Indians.”

Government Racism Soldier Indian Wronged Misdeeds Apaches

Author:Geronimo

“Tony Blair a couple years ago was going around apologizing for everything. He apologized for the Irish potato famine. The Canadian government apologized for how it treated Indian school children.When is the Democratic Party going to apologize for being the biggest slave-holding-supporting institution on the planet and sticking with racism for the century after the abolition of slavery?”

“By the time I was done with the car it looked worse than any typical Indian car that has been driven all its life on reservation roads, which they always say are like government promises - full of holes.”

Has Beens Done Government Car Promise Driven Holes Indian Typical Reservations

Author:Louise Erdrich

“Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other then we shall have no more wars. We shall be all alike - brothers of one father and mother, with one sky above us and one country around us and one government for all. Then the Great Spirit Chief who rules above will smile upon this land and send rain to wash out the bloody spots made by brothers' hands upon the face of the earth. For this time the Indian race is waiting and praying. I hope no more groans of wounded men and women will ever go to the ear of the Great Spirit Chief above, and that all people may be one people.”

“The American public has difficulty believing ... [that] injustice continues to be inflicted upon Indian people because Americans assume that the sympathy and tolerance they feel toward Indians is somehow 'felt' or transferred to the government policy that deals with Indians. This is not the case.”

People Feels Believe Government Felt Deals Cases Policy Difficulty Assuming Injustice Tolerance Indian Government Policy

Author:Leslie Marmon Silko

“The present Indian government, however, is neither able or willing to accept the challenge and to provide the leadership in breaking the resistance of urban and rural interests.”

Government Able Interest Challenges Accepting Willing Resistance Indian Urban Urban And Rural

Author:Paul A. Baran