Native Quotes - page 4

What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks. (Wade Davis)
A Swedish physicist can not discuss his work with fifty people unless he goes abroad. A Swedish economist can get opinions and instructions in his native language from thousands upon thousands of his fellow citizens. View quote
George Stigler
I realized how Latina I was, and then also, at the same time, how not Latina enough I was, because I'm born and raised in Los Angeles. I speak Spanish, but I don't speak perfect Spanish, not like a native speaker. View quote
America Ferrera
We use a Native American tradition of the talking stick. You sit and pass it around and whoever has the stick has to talk. Some people just hold it. Others really share. View quote
Lisa Bonet
I had a desire to see something besides my own shores, if only to be content to return to them someday. If I wish to live in my native land and love her, it should not be out of ignorance. View quote
Margaret George
My days – the blossom of my youth and the flower of my manhood – have been darkened by the dreariness of servitude. In this my native land – in the land of my sires – I am degraded without fault as an alien and an outcast. View quote
Daniel O'Connell
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. View quote
Buffy Sainte-Marie
Second, this epic tale allows the audience to actually listen to the Native Americans and receive their wisdom. Spielberg conveys the respect for Native Americans that is normally lacking in Western films. View quote
Beau Bridges
I remember hearing stories from my mother and father about their parents and grandparents when they were taken off the reservation, taken to the boarding schools, and pretty much taught to be ashamed of who they were as Native Americans. You can feel that impact today. View quote
Chaske Spencer
I think people should look at learning about Native American history the same as visiting Washington, D.C., and seeing the monuments there. It's all part of the package. View quote
Chaske Spencer
While in El Paso, I met Mr. Clinton Burk, a native of Texas, who I married in August 1885. (Calamity Jane)
I am a nationalist... my native soil is the theatre. View quote
Cyril Cusack
And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing. View quote
Dennis Banks
Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. View quote
Dennis Banks
As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians. View quote
Daniel Kahikina Akaka
During the election, I had three male opponents and we went into a runoff. The front runner for the men was a native of Dallas who had run at large before, but I had a higher profile than him from my community service. View quote
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Dad built houses and when they were sold, he moved on to a new town, so I know a lot about my native state. View quote
Gerald McRaney
Walter, who had been in the lead all day, was the first to scramble up; a native Alaskan, he is the first human being to set foot upon the top of Alaska's great mountain, and he had well earned the lifelong distinction. View quote
Hudson Stuck
The realization of a sustainable economic development strategy for Maine's Native American communities has always been a priority and a critical element of my administration's overall economic development strategy. View quote
John Baldacci
I'm a native West Virginian and I've been called everything from a hillbilly to a stump jumper. I'm always proud of it; I'm very proud to be a West Virginian. View quote
John Raese
There aren't very many notable Native American female figures historically. That's the way that it's been. Pocahontas and Sacajawea. (Julia Jones)
The view of the local scene through the eyes of a native participant in that scene is a different window. View quote
Kenneth Lee Pike
When I went back to visit my native Berlin after World War II, I noticed that the only thing I really remembered from my childhood Berlin days is the shoe store. View quote
Lukas Foss
This is going to sound weird, but when I was a kid my old man used to tell us that he was a Sioux Indian warrior in his former life. Native American culture was always big in my house - I don't know why. View quote
Marc Forgione
Music is a performing art, as any Native American will tell you. It isn't there in the score. View quote
Michael Tippett