Only when the last tree has died and the last river has been poisoned and the last fish has been caught will we realise that we can not eat money.
Chief SeattleWhatever 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.
Chief SeattleTo us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.
Chief SeattleThe white man's dead forget the country of their birth when they go to walk among the stars. Our dead never forget this beautiful Earth, for it is the mother of the red man. We are part of the Earth and it is part of us.
Chief Seattle