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Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is read more
Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take away our land and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies. We'd become just suntanned white men, the jetsam snd floatsam of your great melting pot.
Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.
Some people talk of morality, and some of religion, but give me a little snug property.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.
I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.
I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
If a man owns land, the land owns him.
Where water is boss, the land must obbey
Where water is boss, the land must obbey
For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?
For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?
The map is not the territory.
The map is not the territory.
