When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came an Indian said simply 'Ours.'

When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came an Indian said simply 'Ours.'

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When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white man came an Indian said simply 'Ours.'

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Western civilization, unfortunately, does not link knowledge and morality but rather, it connects knowledge and power and makes them equivalent.

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Some years back Richard Nixon warned the American peoplethat Russia was bad because she had not kept any treaty oragreement signed with her. You can trust the Communists, thesaying went, to be Communists.Indian people laugh themselves sick when they hear thesestatements. America has yet to keep one Indian treaty or agreementdespite the fact that the United States government signedover four hundred such treaties and agreements with Indiantribes. It would take Russia another century to make and breakas many treaties as the United States has already violated.

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Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.

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Never has America lost a war ... But name, if you can, the last peace the United States won. Victory yes, but this country has never made a successful peace because peace requires exchanging ideas, concepts, thoughts, and recognizing the fact that two distinct systems of life can exist together without conflict. Consider how quickly America seems to be facing its allies of one war as new enemies.

Vine Deloria Jr., Custer Died for Your Sins: An Indian Manifesto
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