Air Quote by Flying Hawk

It is a written fact that our people had warned of all these consequences of wrongful environmental behavior since our very first contact with…

— Leonard Peltier

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace.

— Chief Joseph

I recognize now that the conditions that Indians are living in are the conditions that poor people everywhere are living in.

— Sherman Alexie

“The Indians must conform to 'the white man’s ways', peaceably if they will, forcibly if they must. They must adjust themselves to their environment,…

— Thomas Morgan U.S. Commissioner of Indian Affairs

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

“admired, even emulated. “You saw for yourselves, the Indian doesn’t need the white man to live,” he went on. “He knows how to make…

— Scott Wallace

The Indian never hurts anything, but the white people destroy all ... How can the spirit of the earth like the white man? That…

— Pretty Shield

The white men despise the Indians, and drive them from their homes. But the Indians are not deceitful. The white men speak bad of…

— Black Hawk

Our health depends on the health of the environment in which we live.

— Albert II, Prince of Monaco

If the white man wants to live in peace with the Indian he can live in peace. There need be no trouble. Treat all…

— Chief Joseph

Healthy people live with their world.

— Anne Wilson Schaef

It is now well understood that humans ultimately depend on the health of the planet for their wellbeing.

— Peter Garrett