Indians are marvelous storytellers. In some ways, that oral tradition is stronger than the written tradition. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes indian marvelous oral
I am a member of the Kiowa Gourd Dance Society; I visit sacred places such as Devil's Tower and the Medicine Wheel. These places are important to me, because they've been made sacred by sacrifice, by the investment of blood and experience and story. N. Scott Momaday blooddancedevil share on social
I am interested in the way that we look at a given landscape and take possession of it in our blood and brain. None of us lives apart from the land entirely; such an isolation is unimaginable. N. Scott Momaday bloodbraininterest Change image and share on social
As far as I am concerned, poetry is a statement concerning the human condition, composed in verse. N. Scott Momaday composeconcerncondition Change image and share on social
The United States have fulfilled in good faith all their treaty stipulations with the Indian tribes, and have in every other instance insisted upon a like performance of their obligations. Martin Van Buren faithfulfillgood Change image and share on social
I had this wild imagination. I was never me. All my childhood photos, I'm in fancy dress, playing a Russian refuge or Marvelous Mad Madam Mim. Juno Temple childhooddressfancy Change image and share on social
It is also one of the pleasures of oral biography, in that the reader, rather than editor, is jury. George Plimpton biographyeditorjury Change image and share on social