I believe he's quoting from the movie LOST IN AMERICA, in which Albert Brooks impulsively quits his job, sells his house and buys a motor home so he can roam around America like those guys in EASY RIDER, and, as he puts it, "touch Indians". It's a very funny movie that gets even funnier after Albert's wife played by Julie Haggerty loses all the money in their nest egg playing one number over and over at the roulette table when they stop in Vegas to renew their vows.
That was a great movie . I had forgotten about it and will see it again . I have touched Indians and never contracted anything .