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Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.

Indians were here first - it's about time. We're way behind the African Americans and Hispanic Americans in getting politically involved, but we're beginning to take a page out of their notebook.

I've always been interested in the history of the West, our country and particularly as it relates to the Native Americans - the original Americans.

What tribes are, is a very simple concept that goes back 50 million years. It's about leading and connecting people and ideas. And it's something that people have wanted forever.

When you start to look at Native American history, you realize that, very far from being a peaceful, morally superior people, Native Americans were not that different from Europeans.

My own special knowledge is about the Abenaki people and, to some degree, my Iroquois neighbors. But whenever I write anything about another tribal nation, I always get a lot of help. Not just from books, but from people who belong to that tribal nation.

From the newest arrivals to our Native American brothers and sisters, we are one America.

I'm a member of the American Indian Movement, and I'm from the indigenous nations of the Western Hemisphere.

I've always been fascinated with the history of the Plains Indians and the history of the American Indian Movement in the '70s.

Our relations with the Indians have been governed chiefly by treaties and trade, or war and subjugation.