Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask Quotes

“I like some of the old spaghetti westerns because the Navajo extras they hired spent the entire time talking smack about the actors in the Diné language. With proper translation, it’s incredibly entertaining.”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

“No culture should be romanticized or denigrated: like all others, Indians should be understood and evaluated on their own terms”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

“There has always been a fuss. The difference is that now you and others are listening.”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know about Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

“It is not sufficient to tell native kids to be proud of who they are if we do not also at the same time tell them who they are. The struggle in connecting young people to their traditions is compounded by a school system that consistently provides opportunities to learn about others but very few for native kids to learn about themselves. We have a lot of work to do.”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

“There are often many generations buried in every front yard—which makes it a lot harder to sell the family farm and move to California.”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask

“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
― Anton Treuer, Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask