“Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals. It was put here by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us” MenGivingLongDoeLastsSpiritWaterAnimalSunForeverFireLandFlowSellsShiningValuableFlamesNativeNative AmericanAmerican IndianGreat SpiritNative AmericaSun ShinesGreat Native American Author:Crowfoot
“You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more....My friends, if you took me away from this land it would be very hard for me. I wish to die in this land. I wish to be an old man here....I have not wished to give even a part of it to the Great Father. Though he would give me a million dollars or more I would not give to him this land....When people want to slaughter cattle they drive them along until they get them to a corral, and then they slaughter them. So it was with us....My children have been exterminated; my brother has been killed.” PeopleIfsMenWantGivingYearsChildrenHas BeensTwoHardWould BeDiesFatherWishMillionsLandBrotherThousandMy FriendsGive MeDollarsEastDrivenMy ChildrenMy BrotherNativeOld ManNative AmericanThousand YearsMillion DollarsSlaughterCattleGreat FatherWish To Die Author:Standing Bear
“For many Native Americans across the land, the name of the Washington football team is a deeply personal reminder of a legacy of racism and generations of pain.” PainNamesGenerationsTeamLandFootballRacismLegacyNativeNative AmericanRemindersFootball Team Author:Dan Maffei
“Not that the Red Indian will ever possess the broad lands of America. At least I presume not. But his ghost will.” AmericaLandRedGhostIndianNativeBroadsNative American Book:Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of D.H. Lawrence (Illustrated)
“My reason teaches me that land cannot be sold. The Great Spirit gave it to his children to live upon. So long as they occupy and cultivate it, they have a right to the soil. Nothing can be sold but such things as can be carried away” ChildrenLongReasonSpiritTeachLandSoilNativeNative AmericanCarried AwayGreat Spirit Author:Black Hawk
“Puerto Ricans are Americans. We've been American citizens since 1917. We fought the same battles, made the same sacrifices. We've lost our land in the same way that Native Americans lost their land, and we've been the subject of discrimination and racism in the same way that African Americans have. We've suffered the full spectrum of oppression, and yet we've been off the map 4,000 miles away so we haven't even been able to argue our case.” WayMadeAbleLostCasesSacrificeLandSubjectsHavensCitizensBattleRacismArguingMilesDiscriminationOppressionAfrican AmericanNativeMapsNative AmericanSpectrumAmerican CitizensMiles AwayDiscrimination And Racism Author:Nelson Antonio Denis
“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.” ThinkingMenYearsFeelingsCareWhiteLandThousandCelebrateNativeNative AmericanThousand YearsWhite ManColumbusColumbus Day Author:Carlos Mencia
“Native Americans were driven off their land. Lincoln even took part in the Black Hawk campaign against the Native Americans in Illinois. While they were being exterminated and driven off their land, Whites were collecting assets.” BlackLandDrivenCampaignsNativeAssetsNative AmericanCollectingHawksIllinois Author:Ishmael Reed
“The occupation of America (and Columbus's arrival quite clearly was an occupation, no one can deny that) meant that the entire history of the Native Americans was rendered invisible. The land could only be occupied if it was first defined as empty. So it was defined as a wilderness, even though it had been used by native people for millennia.” PeopleIfsFirstsAmericaUsedLandEmptyDenyInvisibleDefinedNativeWildernessOccupationNative AmericanArrivalsColumbus Author:Vandana Shiva