Kris Kristofferson

Heaven's Gate' was based on a true story about the cattle people: the people who had the money turned on the settlers who were in the area. And it was mainly a defense of their behavior. And the cattlemen's association had just about declared war on these people who were poaching cattle, and because they were mainly immigrants.

American Musician

Charles Lawrence

After mature consideration it was unanimously agreed, that, to prevent as much as possible their attempting to return and molest the settlers that may be set down on their lands, a sufficient number of vessels should be hired with all possible expedition for that purpose.

British Politician

Robert Zubrin

Mars is key to humanity's future in space. It is the closest planet that has all the resources needed to support life and technological civilization. Its complexity uniquely demands the skills of human explorers, who will pave the way for human settlers.

American Scientist

Albert Bushnell Hart

One of the strongest and most persistent elements in national development has been that inheritance of political traditions and usages which the new settlers brought with them.

American Historian

Moshe Dayan

We are a generation of settlers, and without the steel helmet and gun barrel, we shall not be able to plant a tree or build a house.

Israeli Soldier

Arthur Erickson

The Achilles Heel of the Americas was the lack of cultural confidence typical of new settlers.

Canadian Architect

Tzipi Livni

I arranged the first meeting between Ariel Sharon and the settlers.

Israeli Politician

Isaac Herzog

Likud has been hijacked by a group of extremist settlers.

Jeff Goldblum

The original settlers of Alaska apparently were Russian.

American Actor

Avigdor Lieberman

I'm a settler, and I live in the Judean desert.

Understand 'settler' in the context of history, such as when discussing colonization or migration in the past.

Historic Context

'Settler' implies the person is not indigenous to the area; they have come from elsewhere.

Not Natives

The term is generally neutral, but context can give it positive or negative shades, such as in discussions of displacement.

Neutral Term

 to see if they'll help us raise more coral settlers in the lab, and to see if those coral settlers will survive better when we put them back underwater. Now in addition to these tools, we also try to uncover the mysteries of species that are under-studied. This is one of my favorite corals, and always has

How we're growing baby...

 The crops grown in the new colonies, sugar cane, tobacco, and cotton, were labor intensive, and there were not enough settlers or indentured servants to cultivate all the new land. American Natives were enslaved, but many died from new diseases, while others effectively resisted.

The Atlantic slave...

 mercantile it was based on the fur trade our rivers and lakes were our highways we traveled by canoe we were not settlers and so we encountered the first nations of the land we needed them and so not only did we not make war on the first peoples we very often married them

A history of intertwining...

 wolves has always appeared in folklore fable and even in modern literature and films misunderstanding breeds fear and fear can breed hatred European settlers brought an image of a savage deceitful sinister creature to the new world and

Jim & Jamie Dutcher: The...

 followers of william penn have arrived in the new world from england looking for religious freedom once here on the banks of the delaware river they create homes out of the earth itself in caves settlers their inclination was to build

Modern Lives, Ancient...

 traps around the place and most of the footage we got back were of feral pigs pigs are not meant to be in this rainforest they were brought to Australia as farm animals by European settlers in the 1700s they soon escaped

Nature's Oddest Looking...

 now some israelis are staking claim to land in the west bank by building communities there called settlements with the settlers come the soldiers that protect them and palestinian protesters that want them

Part 1: Uneasy...

 and water resources from Israeli soldiers and settlers. These leaders are trying to forge a massive national nonviolent movement to end the occupation and build peace in the region. Yet, most of you

Julia Bacha: Pay...

 however unrealized and imperfect, one that only exists because the first settlers came here freely without worry of citizenship. So, where did you come from? How did you get here? Who paid?

3 questions to ask...

 tell me a little bit about the daily life Israelis go through have you got attacked here by settlers can you tell us a little bit of what's happening