Quotes by Native American I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw. Black Elk circles shapes native-american But if the Vision was true and mighty, as I know, it is true and mighty yet;for such things are of Spirit, and it is in the darkness of their eyes that men get lost. Black Elk eye native-american men The life of an Indian is like the wings of the air. That is why you notice the hawk knows how to get his prey. The Indian is like that. The hawk swoops down on its prey, so does the Indian. In his lament he is like an animal. For instance, the coyote is sly, so is the Indian. The eagle is the same. That is why the Indian is always feathered up, he is a relative to the wings of the air. Black Elk air native-american animal And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people as one of many hoops that made one circle. Black Elk circles native-american people The song and the drumming were like this: Behold, a sacred voice is calling you; All over the sky a sacred voice is calling. Black Elk sky native-american song Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. Black Elk circles doe native-american Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. Black Elk circles native-american bird If I thought that I was doing it myself, the hole would close up and no power could come through. Then everything I could do would be foolish. Black Elk would-be foolish native-american How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right. Black Hawk native-language native-american looks 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 Black Hawk land native-american children A Native American grandfather was talking to his grandson about how he felt. He said, 'I feel as if I have two wolves fighting in my heart. One wolf is the vengeful, violent one, the other wolf is the loving compassionate one.' The grandson asked him, 'Which wolf will win the fight in your heart?' The grandfather answered, 'The one I feed.' Black Hawk success heart native-american Although wrongs have been done to me, I live in hopes. I have not got two hearts....Now we are together again to make peace. My shame is as big as the earth, although I will do what my friends have advised me to do. I once thought that I was the only man that persevered to be the friend of the white man, but since they have come and cleaned out our lodges, horses and everything else, it is hard for me to believe the white men any more. Black Kettle horse native-american believe Human beings must be known to be loved; but Divine beings must be loved to be known. Blaise Pascal native-american love religion Quakers are known for wanting to give back. Ban the bomb and the civil rights movement and the native American struggle for justice - those things were very, very front-burner in my childhood, as were the ideas of working for peace and if you have more than you need, then you share it with people who don't. Bonnie Raitt struggle rights native-american We are now going to the Lamanites, to whom we intend to be messengers of instruction... We will show them that in consequence of their transgressions a curse has been inflicted upon them - in the darkness of their skins. We will have intermarriages with them, they marrying our young women, and we taking their young squaws to wife. By these means it is the will of the Lord that the curse of their color shall be removed and they restored to their pristine beauty. Brigham Young color native-american mean Being Indian is an attitude, a state of mind, a way of being in harmony with all things and all beings. It is allowing the heart to be the distributor of energy on this planet; to allow feelings and sensitivities to determine where energy goes; bringing aliveness up from the Earth and from the Sky, putting it in and giving it out from the heart. Brooke Medicine Eagle heart native-american attitude I feel sorry for people of good heart who have never had a chance to learn the realities of Native American everything - not just our history but the sweetness and the beauty and the reasons why were so close to Mother Earth. Buffy Sainte-Marie mother sorry native-american Instead of kids just hearing about beads and baskets and fringe, and about what 'was' and 'were,' we present Native American culture as a living contemporary culture. Buffy Sainte-Marie usa native-american kids I sang a song in Hindi; nobody even knew what that was. Singing about Native American issues, nobody did that... I had no reason to want to copy anybody else... All I had was my originality. Buffy Sainte-Marie issues native-american song We know our lands have now become more valuable. The white people think we do not know their value; but we know that the land is everlasting, and the few goods we receive for it are soon worn out and gone. Canasatego land native-american thinking «1234567891011»
