The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth.
The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth.
We know that the white man does not understand our ways. One portion of land is the same to him as the next, for he is a stranger who comes in the night and takes from the land whatever he needs. The earth is not his brother, but his enemy, and when he has conquered it, he moves on.
What is man without the beasts If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, soon happens to man. All things are connected.
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.
All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man... the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports.
The 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.
© 2020 Inspirational Stories
© 2020 Inspirational Stories