The old Lakota was wise. He knew that a man's heart away from nature becomes hard. — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves… — Oren Lyons Copy Share Image
We are going by you without fighting if you will let us, but we are going by you anyhow! — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Abuse no one and no thing, for abuse turns the wise ones to fools and robs the spirit of its vision. — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Trouble no one about their religion; respect others in their view and demand that they respect yours. — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
Everything an Indian does is in a circle, and that is because the power of the world always works in circles. — Black Elk Copy Share Image
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth. — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
As a child I understood how to give; I have forgotten this grace since I became civilized. — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
The earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
I want my people to stay with me here. All the dead men will come to life again. Their spirits will come… — Wovoka Copy Share Image
This war did not spring up on our land, this war was brought upon us by the children of the Great Father… — Spotted Tail Copy Share Image
The earth was created by the assistance of the sun, and it should be left as it was. The country was made… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Whenever the white man treats the Indian as they treat each other, then we will have no more wars. We shall all… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We… — Crazy Horse Copy Share Image
If the Great Spirit had desired me to be a white man he would have made me so in the first place.… — Sitting Bull Copy Share Image
We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft earth of the grave. Stones crumble and… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
I do not see a delegation for the four-footed. I see no seat for the eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves… — Oren Lyons Copy Share Image
The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on the ground with a feeling of being… — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian, he can live in peace…Treat all men alike. Give them… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Suppose a white man should come to me and say, "Joseph, I like your horses. I want to buy them." I say… — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Everything the Power of the World does is done in a circle. The sky is round, and I have heard that the… — John Neihardt Copy Share Image
Traditional people of Indian nations have interpreted the two roads that face the light-skinned race as the road to technology and the… — William Commanda Copy Share Image
My young men shall never work, men who work cannot dream; and wisdom comes to us in dreams. You ask me to… — Smohalla Copy Share Image
You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect… — Chief Seattle Copy Share Image
I was standing on the highest mountain of them all, and round about beneath me was the whole hoop of the world.… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Knowledge was inherent in all things. The world was a library. — Luther Standing Bear Copy Share Image
You ask me to plow the ground. Shall I take a knife and tear my mother's bosom? Then when I die she… — Wovoka Copy Share Image
We believe profoundly in silence-the sign of a perfect equilibrium. Silence is the absolute poise or balance of body, mind, and spirit. — Charles Alexander Eastman Copy Share Image
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right. — Black Hawk Copy Share Image
Our fathers gave us many laws which they had learned from their fathers. These laws were good. — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
Even the seasons form a great circle in their changing, and always come back again to where they were. The life of… — Black Elk Copy Share Image
Always give a word or a sign of salute when meeting or passing a friend,even a stranger, when in a lonely place.… — Tecumseh Copy Share Image
