“We have been south and suffered a great deal down there. Many have died of diseases which we have no name for.… — Little Wolf Copy Share Image
“Schoolteachers teach what they and others know. Forest teachers - bear, wolf, lynx, beaver, bird, every flower and tree - teach us… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room… — George Crook Copy Share Image
“Long I have known and feared this day would come. Like the circle of Earth, the circle of life is changing. Here… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“You have driven me from the East to this place, and I have been here two thousand years or more. [...] My… — Standing Bear Copy Share Image
“Our land here is the dearest thing on earth to us. Men take up land and get rich on it, and it… — White Thunder Copy Share Image
“The bullets will not go toward you. The prairie is large and the bullets will not go toward you.” — Yellow Bird Copy Share Image
“We were born naked and have been taught to hunt and live on the game. You tell us that we must learn… — Gall Copy Share Image
“Teach them that rainbows appear after a storm to remind them that light begins and ends with all colors.” — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“Teach them to love Earth and Spirits in the right ways so they will treat and care for Earth and Spirits in… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“Teach them a spider does not spin a web. Spiders spin meaning. Cut one strand and the web holds. Cut many, the… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“Destroy us, land and forest takes forever from your children. Walk the circle of life. Have no fear. Together, let us love… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“Money Chiefs, loud and long notes are not songs. Silent snow wets Earth, seeds grow, flowers' honey purses seek neither wealth nor… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
“The time has come for you, your Tribe, and all First Peoples. Together, you must learn, remember, and teach the languages, songs,… — Frederic M. Perrin Copy Share Image
