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“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.”

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Author:Crazy Horse
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“I saw more than I can tell / And I understood more than I saw.”

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Book:Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
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“[last words] What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night.”

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Author:Crowfoot
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“The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it.”

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Author:Chief Joseph
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“Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.”

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Author:Will Rogers
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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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Author:Chief Seattle
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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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“A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.”

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Author:George Bernard Shaw
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“The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.”

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Author:Chief Seattle
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“Children must early learn the the beauty of generosity. They are taught to give what they prize most, that they may taste the happiness of giving.”

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Author:Charles Alexander Eastman
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“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children”

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Author:Chief Seattle
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“The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the universe and all its powers, and when they realize that at the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit, and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.”

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Author:Black Elk
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“What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the winter time. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the Sunset.”

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Author:Crowfoot
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“The voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.”

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Book:American Indian Stories
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“I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.”

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Author:Red Cloud
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“Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.”

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Author:Tecumseh
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“A wee child toddling in a wonder world, I prefer to their dogma my excursions into the natural gardens where the voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers. If this is Paganism, then at present, at least, I am a Pagan.”

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Author:Zitkala-Sa
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“Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease and herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence.”

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Book:Mourning Dove: A Salishan Autobiography
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“At the center of the universe dwells the Great Spirit. And that center is really everywhere. It is within each of us.”

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Author:Black Elk
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“The power of the world always works in circles.”

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Book:Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
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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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“Grown men may learn from very little children, for the hearts of little children are pure, and, therefore, the Great Spirit may show to them many things which older people miss.”

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Author:Black Elk
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“And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of all things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being.”

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Book:Black Elk Speaks: Being the Life Story of a Holy Man of the Oglala Sioux
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“The beauty of the trees, the softness of the air, the fragrance of the grass, they speak to me. The summit of the mountain, the thunder of the sky, the rhythm of the sea, speaks to me. The faintness of the stars, the freshness of the morning, the dewdrop on the flower, speaks to me. The strength of the fire, the taste of the salmon, the trail of the sun, and the life that never goes away, they speak to me. And my heart soars.”

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Author:Chief Dan George
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“Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence.”

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Author:Robert Muller
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