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"The
power and ways are given to us to be passed on to others..."
Fools Crow, Ceremonial Chief of the Teton Sioux
"Good
words do not last long until they amount to something." Chief
Joseph - Nez Perce
"Only
after the last tree has been cut down, only after the last river
has been poisoned, only after the last fish has been caught, only
then will you find that money cannot be eaten." Cree Indian
Prophecy
The Circle
of Life: "Man has a poor understanding of life. He mistakes
knowledge for wisdom. He tries to unveil the Holy secrets of our
Father, the Great Spirit. He attempts to impose his laws and ways
on Mother Earth. Even though he, himself, is part of Nature, he
chooses to disregard and ignore it for the sake of his own immediate
gain. But the laws of Nature are far stronger than those of mankind.
Man must be awake at last, and learn to understand how little
time there remains before he will become the cause of his own
downfall. And he has so much to learn. To learn to see with the
heart. He must learn to respect Mother Earth - She who has given
Life to everything; to our Brothers and Sisters, the Animals and
the Plants; to the Rivers, the Lakes, the Oceans and the Winds.
He must realize that this Planet does not belong to him, but that
he has to care for and maintain the delicate balance of Nature
for the sake of the well being of our children and of all future
generations. It is the duty of man to preserve the Earth and the
creation of the Great Spirit. Mankind being but a grain of sand
in the Holy Circle which encloses all of Life." Chief
White Cloud
"Your
religious calling was written on plates of stone by the flaming
finger of an angry God. Our religion was established by the traditions
of our ancestors, the dreams of our elders that are given to them
in the silent hours of night by the Great Spirit, and the premonitions
of the Learned Beings. It is written in the hearts of our people,
thus: We do not require churches - which would only lead us
to argue about God. We do not wish this. Earthly things may
be argued about with men, but we never argue over God. And the
thought that white men should rule over Nature and change its
ways following his liking was never understood by the red man.
Our belief is that the Great Spirit has created all things. Not
just mankind, but all animals, all plants, all rocks... all on
Earth and amongst the stars, with true Soul. For us all, Life
is Holy. But, you do not understand our prayers when we address
the Sun, Moon and Winds. You have judged us without understanding.
Only because our prayers are different. But we are able to live
in harmony with all of Nature. All of Nature is within us and
we are part of all Nature." Chief White Cloud
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