Dakota Quotes

“You all know from past experiences that the white man only sees the bad that our people do to them. They are blind to their own indiscretions.”
― Violetta Botzet Luetgers, Suland

“Sure, scars can be painfull to look at, reminding you where you've been, but they also remind you of how far you've come.”
― GirlDrawsManga

“The loss of that oral tradition and the breakdown of communication between generations had set my family adrift, floating aimlessly without history and all its accumulated experience to guide us. We need context, we need myths, we need family legends in order to see the invisible legacy that follows us, that tells us who we are.”
― Diane Wilson

“Who says you’ll get hurt again?”
I pouted. “Have you met you?”
“Right.”
― Kate Evangelista, Relish

“That uncivilized heathen nations should first be civilized, and then Christianized, is a sentiment of the past. Now it is coming more and more to be acknowledged, that the Bible is the great civilizer of the nations.”
― Stephen Return Riggs, Tah Koo Wah Kan; Or, the Gospel Among the Dakotas

“The city no longer appeals to me for the cultural experiences and possessions I might acquire there, but because its population is less homogeneous than Plains society. Its holiness is to be found in being open to humanity in all its diversity. And the western Plains now seem bountiful in their emptiness, offering solitude and room to grow”
― Kathleen Norris, Dakota: A Spiritual Geography

“We ended up in North Dakota Although my heart's in Mexico...”
― Brandon Flowers