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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native-american web-of-life earth-day
All things are bound together. All things connect.
children native-american web-of-life
All things are connected. Whatever befalls the Earth, befalls the children of the Earth.
blood web-of-life animal-rights
All things are connected like the blood which unites one family.
web-of-life earth harm
To harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.
web-of-life creation
All creation is one. What we do to one, we do to the entire web of life.
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.
animals beasts die great happens loneliness man soon whatever
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.
belong earth
Earth does not belong to us; we belong to earth.
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
native-american people earth
Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.
father voice water
The water's murmur is the voice of my father's father.
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.