“The old Indian teaching was that is is wrong to tear loose from its place on the earth anything that may be growing there. It may be cut off, but it should not be uprooted. The trees and the grass have spirits. Whatever one of such growth may be destroyed by some good Indian, his act is done in sadness and with a prayer for forgiveness because of his necessities.” ShouldMayDoneEarthSpiritGrowthPrayerCuttingGrowingTreeSadnessTeachingTearsDestroyedIndianGrassNativeNative AmericanStewardshipNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American Earth Author:Wooden Leg
“You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she will not take me to her bosom to rest.” EarthMotherDiesAsksCuttingTearsAskingAsk MeSoilNativeTake MeKnivesNative AmericanBosomsNative American WisdomNative AmericaGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthNative WisdomPlowing Author:Wovoka
“One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.” PeopleDoeEarthJusticeWalksJourneyWalkingSocial JusticeSellsWanderHikingNative AmericanTrekkingStrollingEarth DaySaunteringNative AmericaNative American IndianNative American Earth Author:Crazy Horse
“Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.” WellsChildrenEarthGivenParentPiecesTraditionTreatsOur ChildrenInnocenceIndianYour ChildrenNativeAncestorNative AmericanEldersIndigenousMother EarthAmerican IndianNative American WisdomGreat SpiritNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthIndian WisdomNative WisdomNative LandAmerican SpiritNative American Indian InspirationalNative American SpiritualNative American DreamSpiritual IndianNative American ProverbsAncient IndiaAmerican EagleCherokee Indian Author:Crazy Horse
“The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made without lines of demarcation, and it is no man's business to divide it.” MenShouldMadeCountryEarthLeftLinesSunDividesNative AmericanAssistanceAmerican IndianNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthIndian WisdomNative American Dream Author:Chief Joseph