I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it, as we too may have been somewhat to blame.

To harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.

What is man without the beasts? If all the beasts were gone, men would die from great loneliness of spirit

Man does not weave this web of life. He is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

Whatever Seattle says, the great chief at Washington can rely upon with as much certainty as he can upon the return of the sun or the seasons.

This We Know. All Things Are Connected

All things are connected, like the blood that runs in your family "The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father." 1854 The rivers are our brothers. They quench our thirst. They carry our canoes and feed our children. You must give to the rivers the kindness you would give to any brother.