My Beloved father use to tell me and everyone he spoke to regading the sacredness of women," Men may slay one another, but they cannot ever overcome the woman. For in the quietude of her lap lies the child. You can slay him once and again, but he issues as often from that same gentle lap, a gift to the Great Good in which we men are only an accomplice…Let's deeply understand this reality! The woman needs us only for one night. Yet, here we stand in eagle feathers and war bonnets thinking we have the power of Life! And, yet, our women, so gentle, so sweet, so kind, despite our arrogance and lack of humility, stand strong! Remember the race of humanity goes on because of the sacred power of women."
Phil Lane Sr. Mato Gi', Brown Bear, Ihanktawan Dakota, Yankton Sioux Tribe, January 15,1914-march 29, 2004 — in Lawrence, Kansas.