Indigenous Quotes

Planting native species in our gardens and communities is increasingly important, because indigenous insects, birds and wildlife rely on them. Over thousands, and sometimes millions, of years they have co-evolved to live in local climate and soil conditions.

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.

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

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.

Yet there are thousands of Indigenous people searching for family members.

That's the way I do things when I want to celebrate, I always plant a tree. And so I got an indigenous tree, called Nandi flame, it has this beautiful red flowers. When it is in flower it is like it is in flame.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Then, I realized that there is an indigenous presence in the Solar System. It's us. So, then, I got to wondering what would happen if a more technologically advanced society moved next door to us, the way we moved next door to the American Indians.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I support the indigenous people anywhere in the planet.

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.