Paula Gunn Allen Quote

The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote over us, to re-create us in their history-based understanding, and dismiss our present lives as archaic and irrelevant to the times.


The Sacred Hoop: Recovering the Feminine in American Indian Traditions : with a New Preface (ed. 1986)


The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote...

The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote...

The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote...

The Indians used to be the only inhabitants of the Americas, but times change. Having perceived us as belonging to history, they are free to emote...