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“Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.”

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“All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.”

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Book:Chief Seattle's Testimony
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“There is no death, only a change of worlds.”

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Book:Answering Chief Seattle
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“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”

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“How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the Earth is sacred to my people, every shining pine needle, every sandy shore, every mist in the dark woods, every clear and humming insect is holy in the memory and experience of my people.”

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“All things are bound together. All things connect.”

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Book:How can one sell the air?: the manifesto of an Indian chief
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“Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the Great Spirit; and the visions of our sachems, and is written in the hearts of our people.”

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