“All the Real Indians Died Off” Quotes

“These men, often elevated to the status of local heroes, served as the most violently effective tool of a democracy aroused against Native Americans: citizen-soldiers engaged in acts of self-interest disguised as self-preservation.”
― Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

“Cultural appropriation is especially egregious when it involves the co-optation of spiritual ceremonies and the inappropriate use of lands deemed sacred by Native peoples.”
― Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

“Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States (1980)”
― Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

“In 1900 the US census counted approximately a quarter of a million Indians”
― Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans

“We can think of the land bridge theory as a master narrative that for a couple of centuries has served multiple ideological agendas, lasting despite decades of growing evidence that casts doubt on the way the story has been perpetuated in textbooks and popular media.”
― Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, "All the Real Indians Died Off": And 20 Other Myths About Native Americans