We know our lands have now become more valuable. The white people think we do not know their value; but we know… — Canasatego 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
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
“Religion is for people who're afraid of going to hell. Spirituality is for those who've already been there.” — Vine Deloria Jr Copy Share Image
“I believe much trouble and blood would be saved if we opened our hearts more.” — Chief Joseph Copy Share Image
“The dawns I have felt in my soul testify that I am known by the Giver of light. To walk forward, I… — Anasazi Foundation Copy Share Image
The sky is round, and I have heard that the earth is round like a ball, and so are all the stars.… — Black Elk 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
“So you make this deal with the gods. You do these dances and they'll send rain and good crops and the whole… — Barbara Kingsolver Copy Share Image
When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive… — John Fire Lame Deer 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
“If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come. If we never wonder, knowledge will never find us.” — Grandfather Copy Share Image
“As chief, I will represent my people in many different ways and might never know which particular action is destined to matter… — Jennifer Frick-Ruppert Copy Share Image
Birds make their nest in circles, for theirs is the same religion as ours. — Black Elk 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
“Respect for the environment, and respect for what was naturally occurring in nature: that was the bedrock of all original peoples. Harmony,… — L.A. Banks Copy Share Image
“Once, when a government agent arrived at her home with a ream of paper that documented the case against her, she asked… — Alan S. Kesselheim Copy Share Image
Out of the Indian approach to life there came a great freedom, an intense and absorbing respect for life, enriching faith in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
