Aboriginal People

Famous quotes containing the words aboriginal and/or people:

    John Eliot came to preach to the Podunks in 1657, translated the Bible into their language, but made little progress in aboriginal soul-saving. The Indians answered his pleas with: ‘No, you have taken away our lands, and now you wish to make us a race of slaves.’
    —Administration for the State of Con, U.S. public relief program. Connecticut: A Guide to Its Roads, Lore, and People (The WPA Guide to Connecticut)

    I wonder if we are all wrong about each other, if we are just composing unwritten novels about the people we meet?
    Rebecca West (1892–1983)