“I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world. 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. And I saw that the sacred hoop of my people was one of many hoops that made one circle, wide as daylight and as starlight, and in the center grew one mighty flowering tree to shelter all children of one mother and one father. And I saw that it was holy.” PeopleWorldChildrenMadeI CanWholeTogetherSpiritMotherFatherSawsSeeingTreeGrewHolyShapesMountainHighestUnderstoodStandingAll ThingsSacredRoundsWideCirclesNativeNative AmericanShelterMother EarthDaylightFloweringNative AmericaNative American IndianStarlightNative American EarthNative American Indian InspirationalSacred ThingsFlowering Trees Author:Black Elk
“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
“I want my people to stay with me here. All the dead men will come to life again. Their spirits will come to their bodies again. We must wait here in the homes of our fathers and be ready to meet them in the bosom of our mother.” PeopleMenWantHomeBodySpiritMotherFatherWaitingReadyNativeNative AmericanOur FatherBosomsDead ManNative American WisdomGreat SpiritNative AmericaStay With MeGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthNative Wisdom Author:Wovoka
“Our land is more valuable than your money. It will last forever. It will not even perish by the flames of fire. As long as the sun shines and the waters flow, this land will be here to give life to men and animals. We cannot sell the lives of men and animals. It was put here by the Great Spirit and we cannot sell it because it does not belong to us” MenGivingLongDoeLastsSpiritWaterAnimalSunForeverFireLandFlowSellsShiningValuableFlamesNativeNative AmericanAmerican IndianGreat SpiritNative AmericaSun ShinesGreat Native American Author:Crowfoot
“Any good thing you say to me shall not be forgotten. I shall carry it as near to my heart as my children, and it shall be as often on my tongue as the name of the Great Spirit.” HeartChildrenSpiritNamesMy HeartGood ThingsForgottenTongueMy ChildrenNativeNative AmericanGreat Spirit Author:Ten Bears
“We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit.” MindBelieveSoulBodySpiritPerfectSilenceBalanceAbsolutesNative AmericanSilence IsEquilibriumNative American WisdomGreat SpiritNative AmericaPoiseNative American IndianGreat Native AmericanNative American EarthIndian WisdomNative WisdomNative American SpiritualSpiritual Indian Author:Charles Alexander Eastman