--- title: "3 American indian Quotes By Chief Seattle" description: "3 American indian quotes by Chief Seattle. Plus more from Chief Seattle and more American indian sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/chief-seattle-9022_american-indian_the-white-man-will-never-be-alone-let-hi_157163.jpg" --- > [“The white man will never be alone. Let him be just, and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/the-white-man-will-never-be-alone-let-him-be-just-and-deal-kindly/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a6d/chief-seattle-9022_american-indian_the-white-man-will-never-be-alone-let-hi_157163.jpg) > [All things are bound together. All things connect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/all-things-are-bound-together-all-things-connect/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/337/chief-seattle-9022_all-things_all-things-are-bound-together-all-things_1057754.jpg) > [All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/all-things-are-connected-whatever-befalls-the-earth-befalls-the/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2f6/chief-seattle-9022_all-things_all-things-are-connected-whatever-befall_1706311.jpg) ## Other authors on American indian - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b021/author-russell-means-81797.jpg) Russell Means 10 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/russell-means/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b006/author-chief-joseph-23189.jpg) Chief Joseph 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/chief-joseph/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b005/author-black-elk-18307.jpg) Black Elk 9 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/black-elk/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b023/author-tecumseh-89199.jpg) Tecumseh 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/tecumseh/) - [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b016/author-luther-standing-bear-62072.jpg) Luther Standing Bear 7 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/luther-standing-bear/) ## More by Chief Seattle > [Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/earth-does-not-belong-to-us-we-belong-to-earth/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Tribe follows tribe, nations follow nations like the tides of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/tribe-follows-tribe-nations-follow-nations-like-the-tides-of-the-sea/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Your God loves your people and hates mine; he folds his strong arms lovingly around the white man and leads him as a father…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/your-god-loves-your-people-and-hates-mine-he-folds-his-strong-arms/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/we-know-that-the-white-man-does-not-understand-our-ways-one-portion/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Our people are ebbing away like a rapidly receding tide that will never return. The white man's God cannot love our people, or He…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/our-people-are-ebbing-away-like-a-rapidly-receding-tide-that-will/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [“The white man will never be alone. Let him be just, and deal kindly with my people. For the dead are not powerless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/the-white-man-will-never-be-alone-let-him-be-just-and-deal-kindly/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/you-must-teach-your-children-that-the-ground-beneath-their-feet-is/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [When the Earth is sick, the animals will begin to disappear, when that happens, The Warriors of the Rainbow will come to save them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/when-the-earth-is-sick-the-animals-will-begin-to-disappear-when-that/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth. All things are connected like the blood that unites us all. Man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/the-earth-does-not-belong-to-man-man-belongs-to-the-earth-all-things/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/humans-merely-share-the-earth-we-can-only-protect-the-land-not-own-it/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [We are a part of the earth and it is part of us.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/we-are-a-part-of-the-earth-and-it-is-part-of-us/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [There is no death, only a change of worlds.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/there-is-no-death-only-a-change-of-worlds/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [What is there to life if a man cannot hear the lonely cry of the whippoorwill or the arguments of the frogs around the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/what-is-there-to-life-if-a-man-cannot-hear-the-lonely-cry-of-the/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/all-things-share-the-same-breath-the-beast-the-tree-the-man-the-air/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) > [To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chief-seattle/to-us-the-ashes-of-our-ancestors-are-sacred-and-their-resting-place/) [Chief Seattle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chief-seattle/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/american-indian/chief-seattle/#itemlist", "name": "3 American indian Quotes By Chief Seattle", "numberOfItems": 3, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“The white man will never be alone. 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