Tunkasila Frank Fools Crow: “The Indian people must help the white people. If the white people do not learn how to relate to the Earth, they will perish from it.”
“We were put here by Wakan Tanka to take care of the Earth. The white people do not understand this yet. If they do not learn it, they will destroy themselves and everything else.
“The sacred knowledge was not given to us to keep for ourselves alone. It was given so that life could continue.”
Thomas E. Mails interviews with Frank Fools Crow, Wisdom and Power (1990)
Deksi Vine Deloria Jr.:
“The Indian believes that life emerges out of the land and that humans must learn to live in harmony with the land. The modern technological world can survive only if it learns to do the same.”
God Is Red: (1973)
The Hurt of One is the Hurt of All, and the Healing and Honor of One is the Healing and Honor.
