: "The white people, who are trying to make us over into
: their image, they want us to be what they call
: "assimilated", bringing the Indians into their
: mainstream and destroying our own way of life and our own
: cultural patterns. They believe we should be contented like
: those whose concept of happiness is materialistic and
: greedy, which is very different from our way.
: We want freedom from the white man rather than to be
: intergrated. We don't want any part of the establishment,
: we want to be free to raise our children in our own

: religion, in our ways, to be able to hunt and fish and live
: in peace. We don't want power, we don't want to be
: congressmen, or bankers. . .we want to be ourselves. We
: want to have our heritage. . .The white man says, there is
: "freedom and justice" for all. We have had
: "freedom and justice," and that is why we have
: almost been exterminated. We shall not forget this."
: From the 1927 Grand Council of American Indians.

: "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 American Indian Proverb

: "We must protect the forests for our children, and
: 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
: (Hereditary Chief Edward Moody), Nuxalk Nation.

: And finally a really great quote, particularly meaningful to
: me as some of some good buddies of mine are no longer in
: this dimension . . .

: "When it comes time to die, be not like those whose
: hearts are filled with fear of death, so when their time
: comes they weep and pray for a little more time to live
: their lives over in a different way. Sing your death song,
: and die like a hero going home. Chief Aupumut, Mohican
: 1725.

I give you an acre, live long an prosper
signed your white supressor