Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a brotherly feeling that kept the Lakota safe among them. And so close did some of the Lakotas come to their feathered and furred friends that in true brotherhood they spoke a common tongue.
Luther Standing BearWhite men seem to have difficulty in realizing that people who live differently from themselves still might be traveling the upward and progressive road of life.
Luther Standing BearIt is the mothers not the warriors who create a people and guide their destiny.
Luther Standing Bear