I want no blood upon my land to stain the grass. I want it all clear and pure, and I wish it so, that all who go through among my people may find peace when they come in, and leave it when they go out.
~ Ten Bears of the Yapparika Comanche
"I salute the light within your eyes where the whole Universe dwells. For when you are at the centre within yourself, and I within mine, we shall be as one."
~ Crazy Horse
"The ground on which we stand is sacred ground. It is the blood of our ancestors."
Plenty Coups (Aleek-chea-ahoosh) Crow chief
Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your Mother and all things as your Brothers and Sisters.
~ Native American Proverbs
"Before our white brothers arrived to make us civilized men, we didn't have any kind of prison. Because of this, we had no delinquents. Without a prison, there can be no delinquents. We had no locks nor keys and therefore among us there were no thieves. When someone was so poor that he couldn't afford a horse, a tent or a blanket, he would, in that case, receive it all as a gift. We were too uncivilized to give great importance to private property. We didn't know any kind of money and consequently, the value of a human being was not determined by his wealth. We had no written laws laid down, no lawyers, no politicians, therefore we were not able to cheat and swindle one another. We were really in bad shape before the white men arrived and I don't know how to explain how we were able to manage without these fundamental things that (so they tell us) are so necessary for a civilized society."
~ John (Fire) Lame Deer Sioux Lakota - 1903-1976
“…I am poor and naked but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love.”
~ Red Cloud (Maȟpíya Lúta) Oglala Sioux Chief - 1822-1909
"O' GREAT SPIRIT Help me always to speak the truth quietly, to listen with an open mind when others speak, and to remember the peace that may be found in silence."
~ Cherokee Prayer
"Beauty is before me, And beauty is behind me. Above and below me hovers the beautiful. I am surrounded by it. I am immersed in it. In my youth I am aware of it, And in old age I shall walk quietly The beautiful trail."
~ Navajo Prayer
"And a Man sat alone, drenched deep in sadness. And all the animals drew near to him and said, "We do not like to see you so sad. Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it." The Man said, "I want to have good sight." The vulture replied, "You shall have mine." The Man said, "I want to be strong." The jaguar said, "You shall be strong like me." Then the Man said, "I long to know the secrets of the earth." The serpent replied, "I will show them to you." And so it went with all the animals. And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give, he left. Then the owl said to the other animals, "Now the Man knows much, he'll be able to do many things. Suddenly I am afraid." The deer said, "The Man has all that he needs. Now his sadness will stop." But the owl replied, "No. I saw a hole in the Man, deep like a hunger he will never fill. It is what makes him sad and what makes him want. He will go on taking and taking, until one day the World will say, 'I am no more and I have nothing left to give."
~ Apacalypto
"It is time to speak your Truth. Create your community, be good to each other. And do not look outside yourself for the leader. This could be a good time! ~ "There is a river flowing now very fast. It is so great and swift that there are those who will be afraid. They will try to hold onto the shore. They will feel they are being torn apart and will suffer greatly. Know the river has its own destination. ~ The Elders say we must let go of the shore, push off into the middle of the river, keep our eyes open and our heads above water. And I say, see who is in there with you and celebrate."
~ Hopi Elder Prayer
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
~ Ancient native American Proverb
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
~ Crowfoot, Blackfoot warrior and orator
Certain things catch your eye, But pursue only those that capture your heart.
~ old native american saying
When it comes time to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with the fear of death, so when their time comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live their lives over again in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a hero going home.
~ Chief Aupumut, Mohican. 1725
When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
~ Cherokee Expression
When all the trees have been cut down, when all the animals have been hunted, when all the waters are polluted, when all the air is unsafe to breathe, only then will you discover you cannot eat money.
~ Cree Prophecy
Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect. We are a part of the earth and it is part of us
~ Chief Seattle
I have seen that in any great undertaking it is not enough for a man to depend simply upon himself.
~ Isna-la-wica Teton Sioux
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing. It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk.
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
~ Chief Joseph: Nez Perce 1840-1904, Nez Percéé Indian chief
Lose your temper and you lose a friend; lie and you lose yourself."
~ Hopi
You might as well expect the rivers to run backward as that any man who was born free should be contented to be penned up and denied liberty to go where he pleases. We were taught to believe that the Great Spirit(NATURE) sees and hears everything, and that he never forgets, that hereafter he will give every man a spirit home according to his deserts; If he has been a good man, he will have a good home; if he has been a bad man, he will have a bad home. This I believe, and all my people believe the same.
I am tired of talk that comes to nothing It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and all the broken promises. There has been too much talking by men who had no right to talk.
It does not require many words to speak the truth.
If the white man wants to live in peace with the NATIVE AMERICAN, he can live in peace. Treat all men alike.Give them all the same law.Give them all an even chance to live and grow.All men were made by the same Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. The Earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. Let me be a free man,free to travel, free to stop,free to work,free to trade where I choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers,free to think and talk and act for myself, and I will obey every law, or submit to the penalty."
~ Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
When the white man discovered this country NATIVE AMERICANS were running it. No taxes no debt, women did all the work White man thought he could improve on a system like this.
~ Old Cherokee Saying
When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.
~ Arapaho Proverb
May the Warm Winds of Heaven, Blow softly upon your house. May the Great Spirit, Bless all who enter there. May your Mocassins, Make happy tracks in many snows,and may the Rainbow Always touch your shoulder.
~ Cherokee Prayer Blessing
Wakan Tanka, Great Mystery, teach me how to trust my heart, my mind, my intuition, my inner knowing, the senses of my body, the blessings of my spirit. Teach me to trust these things so that I may enter my Sacred Space and love beyond my fear, and thus Walk in Balance with the passing of each glorious Sun.
~ Lakota Prayer
Give thanks for unknown blessings already on their way.
~ Native American saying
Peace and happiness are available in every moment.Peace is every step. We shall walk hand in hand. There are no political solutions to spiritual problems. Remember: If the Creator put it there, it is in the right place. The soul would have no rainbow if the eyes had no tears.
We must protect the forests for our children, grandchildren and children yet to be born. We must protect the forests for those who can't speak for themselves such as the birds, animals, fish and trees.
~ Qwatsinas, Nuxalk Nation
How smooth must be the language of the whites, when they can make right look like wrong, and wrong like right.
~ Black Hawk, Sauk
Everything the power does, it does in a circle.
- Lakota
A brave man dies but once, a coward many times.
- Tribe Unknown.
A man or woman with many children has many homes.
- Lakota Sioux
Seek wisdom, not knowledge. Knowledge is of the past, Wisdom is of the future.
- Lumbee
If you see no reason for giving thanks, the fault lies in yourself.
- Minquass
A good chief gives, he does not take.
- Mohawk
Coyote is always out there waiting, and Coyote is always hungry.
- Navajo
Every animal knows more than you do.
- Nez Perce
To touch the earth is to have harmony with nature.
- Oglala Sioux
When a fox walks lame, the old rabbit jumps.
- Oklahoma
A starving man will eat with the wolf.
- Oklahoma
A danger foreseen is half-avoided.
- Cheyenne
The coward shoots with shut eyes.
- Oklahoma
It is easy to be brave from a distance.
- Omaha
The bird who has eaten cannot fly with the bird that is hungry.
- Omaha
Ask questions from you heart and you will be answered from the heart.
- Omaha
A hungry stomach makes a short prayer.
- Paiute
Make my enemy brave and strong, so that if defeated, I will not be ashamed.
- Plains
Cherish youth, but trust old age.
- Pueblo
Sharing and giving are the ways of God.
- Sauk
We are all one child spinning through Mother Sky.
- Shawnee
Each person is his own judge.
- Shawnee
We are made from Mother Earth and we go back to Mother Earth.
- Shenandoah
It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace.
- Shenandoah
There are many good moccasin tracks along the trail of a straight arrow.
- Sioux
A rocky vineyard does not need a prayer, but a pick ax.
- Navajo
With all things and in all things, we are relatives.
- Sioux
The one who tells the stories rules the world.
- Hopi
The frog does not drink up the pond in which he lives.
- Sioux
A people without a history is like the wind over buffalo grass.
- Sioux
The moon is not shamed by the barking of dogs.
- Southwest
Regard Heaven as your father, Earth as your Mother and all things as your Brothers and Sisters.
- Tribe Unknown
Tell me and I'll forget. Show me, and I may not remember. Involve me, and I'll understand.
- Tribe Unknown
White men have too many chiefs.
- Nez Perce
If a man is to do something more than human, he must have more than human powers.
- Tribe Unknown
The soul would have no rainbow if the eye had no tears.
- Tribe Unknown
Wisdom comes only when you stop looking for it and start living the life the Creator intended for you.
- Hopi
Not every sweet root gives birth to sweet grass.
- Tribe Unknown
Take only what you need and leave the land as you found it.
- Arapaho
It takes a thousand voices to tell a single story.
- Tribe Unknown
Don't let yesterday use up too much of today.
- Cherokee
No river can return to its source, yet all rivers must have a beginning.
- Tribe Unknown
Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.
- Tribe Unknown
Man has responsibility, not power.
- Tuscarora
The rain falls on the just and the unjust.
- Hopi
Each bird loves to hear himself sing.
- Arapaho
The way of the troublemaker is thorny.
- Umpqua
God gives us each a song.
- Ute
A man must make his own arrows.
- Winnebago
After dark all cats are leopards.
- Zuni
When you die, you will be spoken of as those in the sky, like the stars.
- Yurok
Don't be afraid to cry. It will free your mind of sorrowful thoughts.
- Hopi
Day and night cannot dwell together.
- Duwamish
It is better to have less thunder in the mouth and more lightning in the hand.
- Apache
They are not dead who live in the hearts they leave behind.
- Tuscarora
All plants are our brothers and sisters. They talk to us and if we listen, we can hear them.
- Arapaho
Before eating, always take time to thank the food.
- Arapaho
When we show our respect for other living things, they respond with respect for us.
- Arapaho
If we wonder often, the gift of knowledge will come.
- Arapaho
Most of us do not look as handsome to others as we do to ourselves.
- Assiniboine
Those that lie down with dogs, get up with fleas.
- Blackfoot
We always return to our first loves.
- Tribe Unknown
Those who have one foot in the canoe, and one foot in the boat, are going to fall into the river.
- Tuscarora
The weakness of the enemy makes our strength.
- Cherokee
When the white man discovered this country, NATIVE AMERICANS were running it. No taxes, no debt, women did all the work. White man thought he could improve on a system like this.
- Cherokee
A good soldier is a poor scout.
- Cheyenne
Poverty is a noose that strangles humility and breeds disrespect for God and man.
- Sioux
We will be known forever by the tracks we leave.
- Dakota
Do not judge your neighbor until you walk two moons in his moccasins.
- Cheyenne
There is nothing as eloquent as a rattlesnakes tail.
- Navajo
Force, no matter how concealed, begets resistance.
- Lakota
Our first teacher is our own heart.
- Cheyenne
Everyone who is successful must have dreamed of something.
- Maricopa
All who have died are equal.
- Comanche
Remember that your children are not your own, but are lent to you by the Creator.
- Mohawk
One rain does not make a crop.
- Creole
Man's law changes with his understanding of man. Only the laws of the spirit remain always the same.
- Crow
What the people believe is true.
- Anishinabe
You already possess everything necessary to become great.
- Crow
There is no death, only a change of worlds.
- Duwamish
Life is not separate from death. It only looks that way.
- Blackfoot
You can't wake a person who is pretending to be asleep.
- Navajo
It is less of a problem to be poor, than to be dishonest.
- Anishinabe
One finger cannot lift a pebble.
- Hopi
Beware of the man who does not talk, and the dog that does not bark.
- Cheyenne
All dreams spin out from the same web.
- Hopi
Even a small mouse has anger.
- Tribe Unknown
If a man is as wise as a serpent, he can afford to be as harmless as a dove.
- Cheyenne
Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.
- Tribe Unknown
Walk lightly in the spring; Mother Earth is pregnant.
- Kiowa
When a man moves away from nature his heart becomes hard.
- Lakota
Old age is not as honorable as death, but most people want it.
- Crow
Many have fallen with the bottle in their hand.
- Lakota
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