The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
The earth is our mother. She should not be disturbed by hoe or plough. We want only to subsist on what she freely gives us. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I would give up everything rather than have the blood of white men upon the hands of my people. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I have asked some of the great white chiefs where they get their authority to say to the Indian that he shall stay in… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Good words will not give my people good health and stop them from dying. Good words will not get my people a home where… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I do not believe that the Great Spirit Chief gave one kind of men the right to tell another kind of men what they… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
We soon found that the white men were growing rich very fast, and were greedy. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more. I will tell you in my way how the… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
For a short time we lived quietly. But this could not last. White men had found gold in the mountains around the land of… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
