Quotes / Magical Native American

"The police report here says that you 'leapt upon Mr. Kohana's back, pulling at his shirt and screamed 'Transform, you heartless bastard, take eagle form and fly to her! There's no time!'" The doctor flipped the report onto his desk and looked back to me.
"Are you going to make me say it?... I secretly believe some Native Americans can shape shift," I admitted, ashamed.
"Why on Earth would you believe something so preposterous?"
"Well, why is it so ubiquitous, if there's not some truth to it?! Every comic book, every sci-fi novel, every horror movie, every anything with a Native American guy in it has him transforming into some kind of animal at some point!"

— "Dumb Things White People Secretly Suspect About Other Races" by Robert Brockway, Cracked

Aline: I found a pow-wow!
Layne: Wow! You really do have Native powers.
Aline: Yup! Also, I used the Internet.

— Moosehead Stew, by Alina Pete

"For generations my people have been convenient plot devices. Like the fully laden swallow, I shoulder my burden with no slight irritation."

— Albert Hosteen, Monster of the Week by Shaenon Garrity

Paris: Isn't there some Indian trick where you can turn yourself into a bird and fly us out of here?
Chakotay: You're too heavy.

— Star Trek: Voyager, "Caretaker"

"He learns to slay deer with laser beams from his eyes, and how to make all things around the house out of buffalo parts."

— Wizard People, Dear Reader

Charlie: You remember that movie we did with Johnny Morton... you were the sheriff and I was some generic Indian?
Coop: Come on, man, don't say that. Tallhand Mudlake could talk to horses. You played him with grace and with dignity. It was a great role for you.

— Fallout (2024)

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