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The Indian is a human being.

I value the blood of one Christian more than that of a hundred Indians.

I discovered that there is Indian blood in my ancestry on my father's side - a fact that had not been talked about in my family. No wonder I've often been cast in exotic roles - Indian princesses, Russian revolutionaries, Algerians, Gypsies and Greeks.

There is no caste in blood.

Some of you think an Indian is like a wild animal. This is a great mistake.

I have Native American blood. I have African blood. I have European blood.

I don't like this romanticization of Indian people in which Indian people are looked at as spiritual saviors, as people who have always taken care of the land. We're human beings. But I think different cultures have developed different aspects of humanness.

I am an Indian to the core.

I am Indian, and I'm proud of it. Indian life is mythologically rich and powerful.

The more we study the Indian's character the more we appreciate the marked distinction between the civilized being and the real savage.