Chief Seattle
Chief Seattle
Chief Seattlewas a Dkhw'Duw'Abshchief. A prominent figure among his people, he pursued a path of accommodation to white settlers, forming a personal relationship with "Doc" Maynard. The city of Seattle, in the U.S. state of Washington, was named after him. A widely publicized speech arguing in favor of ecological responsibility and respect of Native Americans' land rights had been attributed to him. However, what he actually said has been lost through translation and rewriting...
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belong earth
Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth.
alone among dead deal earth invisible kindly last man men red shall shores white
When the last red man shall have perished from the earth and his memory among the white men shall have become a myth, these shores will swarm with the invisible dead of my tribe. The white man will never be alone. Let him be just and deal kindly with my people, for the dead are not powerless.
native-american people earth
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
earth-day earth
There is no such place as away.
men doe earth
Man belongs to the Earth, Earth does not belong to man
native-american heart earth
Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us.
native-american web-of-life earth-day
All things are bound together. All things connect.
web-of-life earth harm
To harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.
son earth
We are part of the earth and it is part of us ... What befalls the earth befalls all the sons of the earth.
earth beautiful-earth
We are a part of the earth and it is part of us.
land agriculture earth
Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.
memories earth doe
Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth. Take only memories, leave nothing but footprints.
earth man merely son spirit-and-spirituality strand weave web whatever
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.
ashore community door encounters opened records ship
Every door opened others. The records show some interesting encounters with a very complicated community on the ship with a complicated community ashore