10 Outrageous (and Mostly True) Quotes on Native Americans by Famous People   
      
      
      
   ICTMN Staff   
      
      
      
   9/29/14   
      
      
      
      
   Everybody, it seems, has an opinion on American Indians, and precious few of   
   them actually know what they're talking about. Over the years, many of those   
   who've given the matter some thought have formulated unpopular opinions about   
   the series of    
   injustices and brutality that constitutes American History with respect to the   
   Natives of Turtle Island. And when a celebrity says something, it's news.   
      
   From basic acknowledgements of fact to opinions on what ought to be done, nine   
   of these statements have the ring of truth, even if America has turned a deaf   
   ear. On the other hand, there are the callous sentiments of Mr. John Wayne,   
   from a 1971 Playboy    
   interview.   
      
   10 Outrageous (and Mostly True) Quotes on Native Americans by Famous People   
      
   "The white people should go back to Europe, and the country should be returned   
   to the American Indians. This is the future I would like to see for the   
   so-called United States."   
      
   --Bobby Fischer   
      
   "It's like, how did Columbus discover America when the Indians were already   
   here? What kind of shit is that, but white people's shit?"   
      
   --Miles Davis   
      
   "The American Indians were Communists. They were. Every anthropologist will   
   tell you they were Communists. No rich, no poor. If somebody needed something   
   the community chipped in."   
      
   --Pete Seeger   
      
   "I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from [Indians].   
   Our so-called stealing of this country from them was just a matter of   
   survival. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the   
   Indians were selfishly trying to    
   keep it for themselves."   
      
   --John Wayne   
      
   "The way to kill a man or a nation is to cut off his dreams, the way the   
   whites are taking care of the Indians: killing their dreams, their magic,   
   their familiar spirits."   
      
   --William S. Burroughs   
      
   "We used to root for the Indians against the cavalry, because we didn't think   
   it was fair in the history books that when the cavalry won it was a great   
   victory, and when the Indians won it was a massacre."   
      
   --Dick Gregory   
      
   "So the American government lied to the Native Americans for many, many years,   
   and then President Clinton lied about a relationship, and everyone was   
   surprised! A little naïve, I feel!"   
      
   --Eddie Izzard   
      
   "I always see America as really belonging to the Native Americans. Even though   
   I'm American, I still feel like a visitor in my own country."   
      
   --Nicolas Cage   
      
   "If aliens visit us, the outcome would be much as when Columbus landed in   
   America, which didn't turn out well for the Native Americans."   
      
   --Stephen Hawking   
      
   "We owe an historic debt to American Indians. They have a unique set of   
   concerns that haven't been addressed, and I'd like to stand with them. Also,   
   I'd like to get their views on immigration."   
      
      
      
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