Chief Seattle

"What is man without the beasts?

If all the beasts were gone,

man would die from a great loneliness of the spirit,

for whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man."

Winnebago Indian

"Holy Earth Mother, the trees and all nature are witness of your thoughts and deeds."

Grand Council Fire of American Indians

"We sang the songs that carried in their melodies all the sounds of Nature-

The running waters, the sighing of the winds, and the calls of the animals.

Teach these to your children, that they may come to love nature, as we love it!"

Crowfoot

Blackfoot warrior and orator

"What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset."

Eagle Chief

(Letakos-Lesa) Pawnee

In the beginning of all things, wisdom and knowledge were with the animals, for Tirawa, the One Above, did not speak directly to man. He sent certain animals to tell men that he showed himself through the beast, and that from them, and from the stars and the sun and moon should man learn.. all things tell of Tirawa.

All things in the world are two. In our minds we are two, good and evil. With our eyes we see two things, things that are fair and things that are ugly... We have the right hand that strikes and makes for evil, and we have the left hand full of kindness, near the heart. One foot may lead us to an evil way, the other foot may lead us to a good. So are all things two, all two.

Mourning Dove

Salish 1888-1936

Everything on the earth has a purpose, every disease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the indian theory of existence..