Indigenous Quotes

Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

There are no quick fixes to Indigenous poverty and social disaster.

I'd like to talk about free markets. Information in the computer age is the last genuine free market left on earth except those free markets where indigenous people are still surviving. And that's basically becoming limited.

As it has for America's other indigenous peoples, I believe the United States must fulfill its responsibility to Native Hawaiians.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

We are lagging far behind comparable countries in overcoming the disadvantages Indigenous people face.

Well, I think indigenous peoples have ways of living on the Earth that they've had forever. And they've been overrun by organized religion, which has had a lot of money and power.

In more recent years, I've become more and more fascinated with the indigenous folklore of this land, Native American folklore, and also Hispanic folklore now that I live in the Southwest.

Sorry Day falls on the eve of Reconciliation Week, giving us the chance to ask whether we are making progress in the wider challenge of reconciling Indigenous and other Australians.

Let's all understand that these guiding principles cannot be discarded for short-term political gains. They represent what this country is all about. They are indigenous to the American idea. And these are principles which are not negotiable.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

Most governments in Latin America have failed to recognize the rights of indigenous people and their right to their own traditional territories.

If we had, we would have realised sooner that Indigenous organisations are sometimes not the appropriate channel for programmes to help the stolen generations, because many of them play little part in Indigenous associations.

Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

I want to work with kids and help develop them, show them the right way, the right morals and attitude into how to become a better footballer. Australia has many different cultures but I'd like to bring in the indigenous style, bring their competitiveness, athleticism and raw ability into the frame.

Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

Solutions will not be found while Indigenous people are treated as victims for whom someone else must find solutions.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

There is no way that we know what is going on between the African American and the Asian American. We don't understand what an Indigenous American is. We don't understand what a Latino American is.

All of this got me thinking about the history of the westward expansion, and got me to wondering how the exploration of the Solar System would be changed if there were an indigenous presence out there.

We estimate that once Iraq acquires fissile material - whether from a foreign source or by securing the materials to build an indigenous fissile material capability - it could fabricate a nuclear weapon within one year.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.

Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care, and $50 million in preventative care, is required to provide services at the same level as for any other group with the health conditions of Indigenous Australians.

I believe very firmly that indigenous populations had a really good, intuitive understanding of why we're here. And we're trying to gain that same understanding through psychology and intellect in modern civilization.

The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans.

Various Turkish people invaded southwest Asia during the Middle Ages and carved an empire for themselves from lands occupied by the indigenous Semitic and Indo-European inhabitants.

There are certain regions in the country where the indigenous people eat dogs.

Bolivia is a majority indigenous nation, but that majority has always been excluded.

We are seeing healing among the stolen generations, and initiatives which are enabling Indigenous people to make their distinctive contribution to our national life.