To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and gave away prized beaver coats, quilled tobacco bags and buffalo hides.

Every man should see the birth of his children

Since the beginning, Native Peoples lived a life of being in harmony with all that surrounds us. It is a belief that all humankind are related to each other. Each has a purpose, spirit and sacredness. It is an understanding with the Great Spirit or Creator that we will follow these ways. And in this understanding we believe we are related to all other living species.

Most importantly, the meaning of spirituality lays the seeds for our destiny and the path we must follow.

In 1990 we ran across Europe through 13 countries and covering 7,130 miles.

I'm on this road for the rest of my life.

And Americans realized that native people are still here, that they have a moral standing, a legal standing.