Sublime

This disease is the story told about us and the one we so often tell about ourselves. But it’s one we’ve managed to beat again and again—in our insistence on our own existence and our successful struggles to exist in our homelands on our own terms.

bending to a common purpose is more important than arising from a common place.

In reality, contact was varied, complex, and gradual.

the government stole Indian land in order to fund the theft of Indian children.

It was estimated that within a couple of decades, as much as 95 percent of allotted Indian land would pass into white ownership.

They had become expert at playing with soft power, and they were prepared to make the most of the opportunity for gaming.

. In every era the attempt must be made anew to wrest tradition away from a conformism that is about to overpower it.