We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children

All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.

The white man's God cannot love our people or He would protect them. They seem to be orphans who can look nowhere for help. How then can we be brothers?

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

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.

Your God is not our God! Your God loves your people and hates mine! He folds his strong protecting arms lovingly about the paleface and leads him by the hand as a father leads an infant son.

All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.