“The American Indian is of the soil, whether it be the region of forests, plains, pueblos, or mesas. He fits into the landscape, for the hand that fashioned the continent also fashioned the man for his surroundings. He once grew as naturally as the wild sunflowers, he belongs just as the buffalo belonged.” MenHandsNatureHe ManGrewFitEnvironmentalForestsLandscapeIndianSoilNativeRegionsContinentsNative AmericanSurroundingsAmerican IndianGreat AmericanNative American WisdomBuffaloNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthSunflowerIndian WisdomNative WisdomNative American Indian InspirationalNative American DreamAmerican Landscape Book:Land of the Spotted Eagle Source: Land of the Spotted Eagle
“I look at an ant and I see myself: a native South African, endowed by nature with a strength much greater than my size so I might cope with the weight of a racism that crushes my spirit.” LooksMightSpiritNatureGreaterRacismWeightSouthSizeCrushNativeRacistAnts Author:Miriam Makeba
“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.” LifeEarthTogetherSpiritualityNatureEnvironmentPiecesLonelinessAll ThingsLonelyIndiaEnvironmentalBoundsIndianNativeSustainabilityHumankindNative AmericanThreadEcologyEldersOur EnvironmentWovenMother EarthAmerican IndianEarth DayAmerican LifeSeattleInterconnectednessNature And EnvironmentNative American WisdomNative AmericaSave Mother EarthNative American IndianNative American EarthGreen EarthIndian WisdomNative WisdomWorld EnvironmentBeautiful EarthGreen LivingSave The EnvironmentNative American Indian InspirationalEco FriendlyNative American SpiritualWeb Of LifeWorld Earth DayEnvironmental PollutionInspirational EarthInspirational EnvironmentalSpiritual IndianNative American ProverbsSaving The EarthEarth LifeEnvironmental SustainabilityEarth FriendlyBest AmericanThreads Of Life Author:Chief Seattle
“We learned to be patient observers like the owl. We learned cleverness from the crow, and courage from the jay, who will attack an owl ten times its size to drive it off its territory. But above all of them ranked the chickadee because of its indomitable spirit.” SpiritNatureTenPatientSizeIndianNativeTerritoryNative AmericanObserversBe PatientCrowClevernessOwlGreat SpiritNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanIndian WisdomAmerican SpiritIndomitableIndomitable SpiritIndomitable Will Author:Tom Brown, Jr.
“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.” LifeLittlesRunningDeathNightFunNatureChangeLosesDyingInspirational LifeShadowBreathsWinterIndianGrassNativeSunsetFlashNative AmericanIndigenousMother EarthAmerican IndianAmerican LifeGreat AmericanNative American WisdomBuffaloGreat SpiritNative AmericaFireflyNative American IndianWhat Is LifeGreat Native AmericanIndian WisdomNative WisdomAmerican SpiritNative American Indian InspirationalNative American SpiritualWintertimeBeautiful SunsetCherokeeWinter TimeShadow Of DeathSpiritual IndianNative American ProverbsWhite CloudsIndian TribesCherokee Indian Author:Crowfoot
“Virtually all native cultures that have survived without fouling their nests have acknowledged that nature knows best, and have had the humility to ask the bears and wolves and ravens and redwoods for guidance.” KnowsCultureAsksNatureAnimalHumilityBearsGuidanceNativeSurvivedNestsRavensRedwoods Book:Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature Source: Biomimicry: Innovation Inspired by Nature
“The voice of the Great Spirit is heard in the twittering of birds, the rippling of mighty waters, and the sweet breathing of flowers.” GodSpiritSpiritualityVoiceWaterNatureHeardSweetFlowerBirdHearingBreathingIndianNativeNative AmericanPaganismPaganRippleAmerican IndianGreat SpiritNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanIndian WisdomSpiritual NatureAmerican SpiritNative American ProverbsTweety Bird Book:American Indian Stories Source: American Indian Stories
“All men were made brothers. The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be content when penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases.” PeopleMenShouldWellsMadeMightRunningEarthMotherNatureBornJusticeLibertyRightsBrotherPleaseEqualDiversityRiversShould HaveSocial JusticeEnvironmentalIndianNativeDeniedNative AmericanEqual RightsAmerican IndianNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthBorn Free Author:Chief Joseph
“Man's heart away from nature becomes hard.” MenLifeInspirationalHeartHardNatureNaturalEnvironmentFlowerStandingEnvironmentalIndianNativeSustainabilityNative AmericanEcologyConservationOur EnvironmentMother EarthAmerican IndianNatural EnvironmentNature Of ManNature And EnvironmentNative American WisdomNative AmericaSave Mother EarthNative American IndianEarth And NatureIndian CultureNative American EarthIndian WisdomNative WisdomNature ConservationGreen LivingSustainable LivingBeautiful NatureMan And NatureModern CultureNative American SpiritualLakotaLack Of RespectGreen WorldProtect NatureUnderstanding Nature Author:Standing Bear
“I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior.” NatureForgetEnvironmentFourEnvironmentalSuperiorsSeatsNativeNative AmericanEaglesNative AmericaNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthDelegationNative American Spiritual Author:Oren Lyons
“It be urged that the wild and uncultivated tree, hitherto yielding sour and bitter fruit only, can never be made to yield better; yet we know that the grafting art implants a new tree on the savage stock, producing what is most estimable in kind and degree. Education, in like manner, engrafts a new man on the native stock, and improves what in his nature was vicious and perverse into qualities of virtue and social worth.” KnowsMenKindArtMadeScienceSocialNatureQualityVirtueTreeDegreesFruitBitterNativeYieldSavagesViciousSourImplantsGrafting Author:Thomas Jefferson