Quotes about Reservation

Pine Ridge reservation, White Face told me, is one of the largest reservations in the country, and the poorest. Like other reservations, it is run by the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), an agency of the federal government. While in theory the native Indians are separate nations, in reality they are, as the Supreme Court once termed them, "dependent nations"—dependent on the government through the BIA.

I think that the essence of a free and civilized society is that everything in it should be subject to criticism, that all forms of authority, should be treated with a certain reservation.

I've never walked into a restaurant, asked for a table and been told, 'We're full.'

I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.

I wouldn't want to live without strong misgivings.