Money Quote by Terry Ross

“When the last tree is cut, When the last river is emptied, When the last fish is caught, Only then will Man realize that…

— Eric Weiner

“Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realize…

— Cree Indian Expression

“When the last tree has been cut down, the last fish caught, the last river poisoned, only then will we realize that one cannot…

— Native American

“Only when the last fish is gone, the last river poisoned, the last tree cut down...will mankind realize they cannot eat money.”

— Greenpeace

“Most Indians' deliberate, cultivated, amoral innocence about what is happening there, what is being done in their name, becomes hard to bear.”

— Arundhati Roy

“It’s hard to be optimistic on the reservation. When a glass sits on a table here, people don’t wonder if it’s half filled or…

— Sherman Alexie

“...the [Hawthorn] report revealed the logical fallacy that has haunted Indian history and policy in North America since contact - to wit, that all…

— Thomas King

“There is something that connects Indians with their rivers. Some deep, indescribable bond.”

— Vineet Bajpai

“Only when the last tree has been cut down and the last river has dried up will man realise that reciting red indian proverbs…

— Banksy

“They were just little families cooking beans and planting and hunting a deer now and then, and having babies and laying their old folks…

— Nancy E. Turner

“The Indians fell ill predictably enough, but they didn’t come to Possuelo for help. Instead, they fled into the forest, further spreading the diseases.…

— Scott Wallace

“Indians only needed so many implements and decorations. If a tribe drove three hundred buffalo over a cliff, they wouldn’t feel obligated to make…

— Steven Rinella