We are part of the earth and it is part of us ... What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.

How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.

Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.

When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then

Like a man who has been dying for many days, a man in your city is numb to the stench.

We are all children of the Great Spirit, we all belong to Mother Earth. Our planet is in great trouble and if we keep carrying old grudges and do not work together, we will all die.

You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves.