60. “Land is also a part of our culture, if we don’t have land to live on or cultivate, or [on which to pursue] our livelihoods, we will not be able to have our separate, distinct, and diverse culture.”– Chandra Tripura More Indigenous People’s Quotes to Think About 61. “I...
Native American Quotes To Define You Culture 175. “If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.”― Chief Joseph 176. “There’s all sorts of soul. There’s Irish soul and Native American soul. If it touches you and moves you, it’s soul.”― J...
“Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.” President John F. Kennedy “People come here penniless but not cultureless. They bring us gifts. We can synthesize the best of our traditions with the best of theirs. We can teach and learn from each other ...
Thus we have come to understand that before we can build up the theory of the growth of all human culture, we must know the growth of cultures that we find here and there among the most primitive tribes of the Arctic, of the deserts of Australia, and of the impenetrable forests of ...
“It’s a small gesture, but it means a lot to us,” said Palmadessa, adding of Harris: “This candidate is about the people of America. This is representing us. This is for folks like me.”“We’re reclaiming parts of our culture that Republicans have appropriated,” said...
When I was 17, I worked in a mentoring program in Harlem designed to improve the community. That's when I first gained an appreciation of the Harlem Renaissance, a time when African-Americans rose to prominence in American culture. For the first time, they were taken seriously as artists,...
[Yes, this is just the title of a 1697 work by Swift. But it's so clever in and of itself I had to quote it. Also a reminder to myself to go back later and actually read the thing, which is about a controversy during that time arguing whether ancient or modern learning was bette...
American culture thrives on appearances, swallows the grit and beauty that lies under its glassy facades and spits out the remains in dilapidated, dirty dollar signs. ~Cecily Schmidt, "Common Threads," inWild Child: Girlhoods in the Counterculture, edited by Chelsea Cain, 1999 ...
Children in poverty aren't trying to get out of poverty; they're just trying to rip off a pair of Nikes. So we Indian people are a microcosm of what's happening in America. We are now consumers, and our culture has gone. —Russell Means ...
Culture is activity of thought, and receptiveness to beauty and humane feeling. Scraps of information have nothing to do with it. A merely well informed man is the most useless bore on God’s earth. What we should aim at producing is men who possess both culture and expert knowledge in ...