The faintness of the stars, the freshness of the morning, the dewdrop on the flower, speaks to me.
Chief Dan GeorgeIf you talk to the animals they will talk with you and you will know each other. If you do not talk to them you will not know them and what you do not know, you will fear. What one fears, one destroys.
Chief Dan GeorgeOh God! Like the thunderbird of old I shall rise again out of the sea; I shall grab the instruments of the white manโs success - his education, his skills, and with these new tools I shall build my race into the proudest segment of your society.
Chief Dan GeorgeWe have taken so much from your culture, I wish you had taken something from ours...For there were some beautiful and good things within it. Perhaps now that the time has come, We are fearful that what you take will be lost.... I shall grab the instruments of the white man's success: His education, his skills, and society.
Chief Dan George