#indian

The fey in this country keep to themselves, and are a separate nation, much like the American Indians, but with even more autonomy. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#american indians #autonomy #country #even #fey

Gordie, the white boy genius, gave me this book by a Russian dude named Tolstoy, who wrote, 'Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.' Well, I hate to argue with a Russian genius, but Tolstoy didn't know Indians, and he didn't know that all Indian families are unhappy for the same exact reasons: the frikkin' booze. ↗

— Sherman Alexie

#american-indians #humor #tolstoy #family

Governor Isaac Stevens of the Washington Territory said there were a great many white people in our country, and many more would come; that he wanted the land marked out so that the Indians and the white man could be separated. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#could #country #governor #great #indians

When an Indian fights, he only shoots to kill. ↗

— Chief Joseph

#indian #kill #only #shoots

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful. ↗

— Anish Kapoor

#i #i am #indian #life #powerful

Infectious diseases introduced with Europeans, like smallpox and measles, spread from one Indian tribe to another, far in advance of Europeans themselves, and killed an estimated 95% of the New World's Indian population. ↗

— Jared Diamond

#another #diseases #estimated #europeans #far

Our goal was to win, to win a Super Bowl, but also to win in the right way, to be role models to our community, to represent Indianapolis, the state of Indiana and the National Football League. ↗

— Tony Dungy

#bowl #community #football #goal #indiana

We don't intend to always keep this necessarily African oriented. Originally I had hoped to have African American Indian of this area, and the Appalachian of this area, but at the same time, just as we have the Haitian room, we will always have room for another exhibit. ↗

— Katherine Dunham

#african american #always #american #another #appalachian

The religion of the Indian is the last thing about him that the man of another race will ever understand. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#another #ever #him #indian #last

The logical man must either deny all miracles or none, and our American Indian myths and hero stories are perhaps, in themselves, quite as credible as those of the Hebrews of old. ↗

— Charles Eastman

#credible #deny #either #hebrews #hero