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Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Without a sacred center, no one knows right from wrong.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Everything really is equal. The Creator doesn't look at me any better than</div> <div> He looks at the trees. We're all the same.</div> <bR> <div> Janice Sundown Hattet</div> <div> SENECA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> If the Great Spirit wanted men to stay in one place He would make the world</div> <div> stand still; but He made it to always change.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Flying Hawk</div> <div> OGLALA SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> "The spirit still has something for us to<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> discover-an herb, a sprig, a flower-a very small<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> flower, maybe you can spend a long time in its<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> contemplation, thinking about it."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Lame Deer<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> LAKOTA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> _________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> He [Wakan Tanka] walks with us along the pathways of Life, </div> <div> and He can dofor us what we could never do on our own.</div> <bR> <div> Fools Crow</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> But the great spirit has provided you and me with an opportunity for study</div> <div> in nature's university, the forests, the rivers, the mountains, and the</div> <div> animals which include us.</div> <bR> <div> Walking Buffalo</div> <div> STONEY</div> <div> _________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> "The Old Man said, you are both ugly<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> and handsome and you must accept your<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ugliness as well as your handsomeness in<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> order to really accept yourself."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> When you go inside that power, there's no fear. It's so beautiful!! There's</div> <div> no fear there. There's no pain.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Our people don't come in parts. Either you are Indian, or you are not.</div> <bR> <div> Nippawanock</div> <div> ARAPAHOE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> "We've got to learn what's going on today in the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> world, and we've got to get an education so we<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> can survive." </div> <bR> <div> Jimmy Jackson<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> OJIBWA </div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> "In the Indian way, we are connected to that<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> flower if we understand its spirit, the essence of<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> its life." </div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA </div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Together we can end the Holocaust against the environment.</div> <bR> <div> Haida Gwaii</div> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> But one should pray in one's heart during a sacred ceremony; this is the</div> <div> purpose of the ceremony, to purify the participants both inside and</div> <div> outside.</div> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> But in the Indian Spirit the land is still vested; it will be until other</div> <div> men are able to divine and meet its rhythm. Men must be born and reborn to</div> <div> belong. Their bodies must be formed of the dust of their forefathers'</div> <div> bones.</div> <bR> <div> Luther Standing Bear</div> <div> OGLALA SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> It's time. If you are to walk the path of heart, then it is time.</div> <bR> <div> Nippawanock</div> <div> ARAPAHOE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> A vision could put you on a path you don't want to follow.</div> <bR> <div> Archie Fire Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> "When a community does something together, that<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> community is very happy, jovial, connected and<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> unified."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Respect should be given those indigenous nations who still carry on their</div> <div> ceremonies; still following the ancient laws of nature with songs and</div> <div> ceremonies.</div> <bR> <div> Oren R. Lyons, Spokesman</div> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Spiritual matters are difficult to explain because you must live with them</div> <div> in order to fully understand them.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> [The Old People] would gather words as they walked a sacred path across the</div> <div> Earth, leaving nothing behind but prayers and offerings.</div> <bR> <div> Cleone Thunder</div> <div> NORTHERN ARAPAHOE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Conciliation is the key to survival. Peace is the goal.</div> <bR> <div> Haida Gwaii</div> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> When people live far from the scenes of the Great Spirit's making, it's</div> <div> easy for them to forget his laws.</div> <bR> <div> Walking Buffalo</div> <div> STONEY</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> To be able to greet the sun with the sounds from all of Nature is a great</div> <div> blessing, and it helps us to remember Who is the real provider of all of our</div> <div> benefits.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> In some mysterious and wonderful way you are part of everything, Nephew.</div> <div> And in that same mysterious and wonderful way, everything is a part of you.</div> <bR> <div> Nippawanock</div> <div> ARAPAHOE</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The base of all things is love, respect.</div> <bR> <div> Vickie Downey</div> <div> TEWA/Tesuque Pueblo</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Your power comes from the songs.</div> <bR> <div> Ethel Wilson</div> <div> COWICHAN</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The old people came literally to love the soil and they sat or reclined on</div> <div> the ground with a feeling of being close to a mothering power...The soil was</div> <div> soothing, strengthening, cleansing and healing.</div> <bR> <div> Luther Standing Bear</div> <div> OGLALA SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Prayer is the best answer to all of the trials that face us, because</div> <div> without prayer, even if we succeed in accomplishing some great goal in the</div> <div> eyes of men, we have failed in our sacred responsibilities, and thus we have</div> <div> failed in what is truly important.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> "Every thing or living being that exists in this<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> world, be it trees, flowers, birds, grasses, rocks,<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> soil of the earth, or human beings, has its unique<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> manner of existence --its essence, its spirit that<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> makes it what it is. That is what is meant by<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> connectedness."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Wakan Tanka never stops creating.</div> <bR> <div> Archie Fire Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Each person's prayers can help everyone.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> One of the things the old people taught me about the spirits was to never</div> <div> have a doubt.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> I am particularly found of the little groves of oak trees. I love to look</div> <div> at them, because they endure the wintry storm and the summer's heat, and,</div> <div> not unlike ourselves, seem to flourish by them.</div> <bR> <div> Sitting Bull</div> <div> SIOUX</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> To me, if you're Indian, you're Indian. You don't have to put on your</div> <div> buckskin, beads, and feathers, and stuff like that.</div> <bR> <div> Cecilia Mitchell</div> <div> MOHAWK</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The law is that all life is equal in the Great Creation, and we, the Human</div> <div> Beings, are charged with the responsibility, each in our generation, to work</div> <div> for the continuation of life.</div> <bR> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Modern civilization has no understanding of sacred matters. Everything is</div> <div> backwards.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Power comes and goes. It can vanish in the twinkling of an eye, like smoke</div> <div> dissolving in the air.</div> <bR> <div> Archie Fire Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Each creature has a medicine, so there are many medicines. Because they are</div> <div> so close to the Creator, they are to communicate that medicine. Then they</div> <div> bring help and health.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> "Silence and self-control permeate the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> entirety of our lives..."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> The one who wishes to be a true medicine person must </div> <div> be a person of faith, and they can only work successfully with </div> <div> those who also have faith.</div> <bR> <div> Fools Crow</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> The real meaning of life is your family, the love that you have, the</div> <div> respect, the traditional ways, carrying on with them.</div> <bR> <div> Ethel Wilson</div> <div> COWICHAN</div> <div> ________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> For me, the essence of a medicine man's life is to be humble, to have great</div> <div> patience, to be close to the Earth, to live as simply as possible, and to</div> <div> never stop learning.</div> <bR> <div> Archie Fir Lame Deer</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> "Because woman lives so close to our first<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> mother, the Earth, she emanates the<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> strength and hamonious nature of all<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> things."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> __________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> "But each of us must find out for himself<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> or herself what their gift is, so that they<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> can use it in their life."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Jimmy Jackson<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> OJIBWAY<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ___________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> "One of the essential characteristics we need to<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> Learn as men was to be gentle and to be gentle<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> means to be serene, to enter meditation or a<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> prayerful state in the morning and evening."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ____________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> The god that people reject is not the true god, </div> <div> it is a god they have conjured up apart from proper education, </div> <div> and understanding. In such cases,</div> <div> the least Fools Crow will do is to call their </div> <div> assumptions into question, and</div> <div> force them to re-evaluate their position.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Mails on Fools Crow</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> ____________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> "Sometimes, life is very simple, but it is<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> we two-leggeds, we who are thought to be<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> smart that make it complicated."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> Larry P. Aitken<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> CHIPPEWA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> ____________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> "We meet as brothers that have been away<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> from each other many years."<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <div> TIN-TIN-MEET-SA<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> UMATILLA CHIEF<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <div> __________________________________________________________<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT></div> <bR> <bR> <div> People and nations who understand the Natural Law are self-governing,</div> <div> following the principles of love and respect that insure freedom and peace.</div> <bR> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> NAVAJO-HOPI</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> In our traditional ways, the woman is the foundation of the family.</div> <bR> <div> Haida Gwaii </div> <div> Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Today, what is important for us is to realize that the old sacred ways are</div> <div> correct, and that if we do not follow them we will be lost and without a</div> <div> guide.</div> <bR> <div> Thomas Yellowtail</div> <div> CROW</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The Natural Law is a spiritual law. Its powers are both light and dark.</div> <bR> <div> Oren R. Lyons</div> <div> Spokesman Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> People say that crisis changes people and turns ordinary people into wiser</div> <div> or more responsible ones.</div> <bR> <div> Wilma Mankiller</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Indians living close to nature and nature's ruler are not living in</div> <div> darkness.</div> <bR> <div> Walking Buffalo</div> <div> STONEY</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Someone must speak for them. I do not see a delegation for the four footed.</div> <div> I see no seat for eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior, but</div> <div> we are after all a mere part of the Creation.</div> <bR> <div> Oren Lyons</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Sometimes dreams are wiser then waking.</div> <bR> <div> Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa)</div> <div> OGLALA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The smarter a man is the more he needs God to </div> <div> protect him from thinking he knows everything.</div> <bR> <div> George Webb</div> <div> PIMA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Listen to the howl of our spiritual brother, the wolf, for how it goes with</div> <div> him, so it goes for the natural world.</div> <bR> <div> Oren R. Lyons</div> <div> Spokesman, Traditional Circle of Elders</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> In the end I tell my children, there's no way I can tell you how to be an</div> <div> Acoma, how to be an Indian. You have to experience it.</div> <bR> <div> Stanley Paytiamo</div> <div> ACOMA PUEBLO</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> I've had a long regard for generational things: pottery, cultural things,</div> <div> participation in dancing, extended family. Only in that way does culture</div> <div> survive; only in that way is culture active.</div> <bR> <div> Tessie Naranjo</div> <div> SANTA CLARA PUEBLO</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> And that, I guess, is what it all boils down to-do the right thing,</div> <div> everything goes fine; do the wrong thing, everything's a mess.</div> <bR> <div> Robert Spott</div> <div> YUROK</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> A man should rely on his own resources; the </div> <div> one who so trains himself is ready for any emergency.</div> <bR> <div> Oral Tradition</div> <div> OMAHA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> I don't think that anybody anywhere can talk about the future of their</div> <div> people or of an organization without talking about education. Whoever</div> <div> controls the education of our children controls our future, the future of</div> <div> the Cherokee people and of the Cherokee Nation.</div> <bR> <div> Wilma P. Mankiller</div> <div> CHEROKEE</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> My Grandfather survived on this earth without using anything that did not</div> <div> go back into the earth. The whole world could learn from that.</div> <bR> <div> Floyd Westerman</div> <div> SIOUX</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The hearts of little children are pure, and therefore, the Great Spirit may</div> <div> show to them many things which older people miss.</div> <bR> <div> Black Elk (Hehaka Sapa)</div> <div> OGLALA LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Our Spiritual belief is that we were created as part of the land - so our</div> <div> identity, our names, and our songs are all tied to the land.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Roderick Robinson</div> <div> NISGA'A</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> We do not want riches, but we want to train our children right. Riches</div> <div> would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We</div> <div> do not want riches, we want peace and love.</div> <bR> <div> Red Cloud</div> <div> OGLALA LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Humbleness means peace, honesty -- all mean Hopi. </div> <div> True, honest, perfect words -- that's what we call Hopi words. </div> <div> In all languages, not just in Hopi. We strive to be Hopi.</div> <div>  We call ourselves Hopi because maybe one </div> <div> or two of us will become Hopi. Each person must look</div> <div> into their heart and make changes so that you may</div> <div> become Hopi when you reach your destination.</div> <bR> <div> Percy Lomaquahu</div> <div> HOPI</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Power is not manifested in the human being. True power is in the Creator.</div> <bR> <div> Oren Lyons</div> <div> ONONDAGA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Indians chase the vision, white men chase the dollar.</div> <bR> <div> John (Fire) Lame Deer</div> <div> ROSEBUD LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> We create that bad among ourselves. We create it; then we try to call it</div> <div> devil, Satan, or evil. But man creates it. There is no devil. Man creates</div> <div> the devil.</div> <bR> <div> Wallace Black Elk</div> <div> LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> What does it matter how long I pray, so long as my prayers are answered?</div> <bR> <div> Sitting Bull</div> <div> HUNKPAPA LAKOTA</div> <div> __________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> There need be no trouble.  Treat all men alike... </div> <div> give them the same law... give them an even chance.</div> <bR> <div> Chief Joseph</div> <div> NEZ PERCE</div> <div> 1879</div> <div> ___________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Do not take up the warpath without a just cause and honest purpose.</div> <bR> <div> Pushmataha</div> <div> CHOCTAW LEADER</div> <div> _____________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> Day and night cannot dwell together.</div> <bR> <div> Seattle</div> <div> CHIEF, SUQUAMISH AND DUWAMISH</div> <div> _____________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div>  You hear of us as murderers and thieves.  We are </div> <div> not so.  If we had more lands to give you, we would </div> <div> give them, but we have no more.</div> <bR> <div> Red Cloud</div> <div> SIOUX CHIEFTAIN</div> <div> _____________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <div> The base of all things is love, respect.</div> <div> Vickie Downey,</div> <div> TEWA/Tesuque Pueblo</div> <bR> <div> ____________________________________________________________</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id78.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Words of Wisdom pg.5"><U><I><B>WORDS OF WISDOM, PG 5</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id94.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Words of Wisdom and other Interesting In"><U><I><B>BACK TO WORDS OF WISDOM MAIN PAGE</B></I></U></A></div> <div> <A HREF="id36_m.htm" TITLE="Words of Wisdom pg.4"><U><I><B>TOP OF PAGE</B></I></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>