" It’s very beautiful to realize what life is. It’s like a journey from beginning to end. But we have to walk that spiritual path with
practical feet.
We’re completely off base sometimes. We must be very practical because we have to live our lives. That’s the way I see it.
We have to realize the value of Mother Earth, that feeds us. We must realize the sacredness of the Four Seasons and the Four Stages of our human life. When we realize those things, we will come close to the answer.
Then we’re going to have respect for each other. When I take you all as my relatives, I’m not going to do anything to hurt you
because you’re my relatives.
The old ways are the new ways. We have to make them look at each other.
Mato Gi, Phil Lane Sr., Yankton Sioux
