“Hollow Horn Bear knew that to be leader and adviser of his people he must be honest and reliable, and that his word once given in promise must never be taken back. He knew that he must be a man of will-power, standing for the right no matter what happened to him personally; that he must have strength of purpose, allowing no influence to turn him from doing what was best for the tribe. He must be willing to serve his people without thought of pay. He must be utterly unselfish and kind-hearted to the old and poor and stand ready to give to those in need. Above all, he must be unafraid to deal equal justice to all.” LeadershipJusticeHonestyIntegrityPromiseBraveryGenerosityServiceWill PowerUnselfishnessKind HeartedStand For RightStrength Of Purpose Book:My Indian Boyhood Source: My Indian Boyhood
“White men seem to have difficulty in realizing that people who live differently from themselves still might be traveling the upward and progressive road of life.” PeopleMenStillsSeemsMightRealizingJusticeWhiteDifficultySocial JusticeProgressiveWhite Man Book:Land of the Spotted Eagle Source: Land of the Spotted Eagle
“Today the children of our public schools are taught more of the history, heroes, legends, and sagas of the old world than of the land of their birth, while they are furnished with little material on the people and institutions that are truly American.” PeopleWorldChildrenLittlesTodaySchoolJusticeLandTaughtMaterialsBirthHeroSocial JusticeInstitutionsLegendsPublic SchoolOld WorldSaga Author:Luther Standing Bear
“Only to the white man was nature a "wilderness" and only to him was the land "infested" with "wild" animals and "savage" people. To us it was tame. Earth was bountiful and we were surrounded with the blessings of the Great Mystery. Not until the hairy man from the east came and with brutal frenzy heaped injustices upon us and the families that we loved was it "wild" for us. When the very animals of the forest began fleeing from his approach, then it was that for us the "Wild West" began.” PeopleMenEarthJusticeWhiteAnimalMysteryLandBlessingApproachSocial JusticeWestInjusticeEastForestsWildernessBrutalSavagesWhite ManFrenzyWild AnimalFleeingWild WestLakota Author:Luther Standing Bear
“"Civilization" has been thrust upon me since the days of the reservations, and it has not added one whit to my sense of justice, to my reverence for the rights of life, to my love for truth, honesty, and generosity, or to my faith in Wakan Tanka, God of the Lakotas.” Has BeensJusticeRightsHonestyCivilizationSocial JusticeGenerosityReverenceThrustReservationsTruth HonestyLakota Book:Land of the Spotted Eagle Source: Land of the Spotted Eagle
