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Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition QUOTES

Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition QUOTES

1 " Here in the United States, very little effort has been made to voice formal apologies, make reparations, or pass political mandates about education. Yet this country was founded in part by genocidal policies directed at Native Americans and the enslavement of Black people. Both of these things are morally repugnant. Still I love my country. In fact, it is because I love my country that I want to make sure the mistakes of our past do not get repeated. We cannot afford to cover over the dark chapters of our history, as we have for decades upon decades. It is time for that to stop. "

― Anton Treuer , Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition

2 " . . . we are souls. We have bodies, which are just temporary houses for our souls. . .The body is a container. "

― Anton Treuer , Everything You Wanted to Know About Indians But Were Afraid to Ask: Young Readers Edition