If a man owns land, the land owns him.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone.

My own recipe for world peace is a little bit of land for everyone.

America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The read more

America is not a young land: it is old and dirty and evil before the settlers, before the Indians. The evil is there waiting.

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the read more

There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.

Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from read more

Landscapes have a language of their own, expressing the soul of the things, lofty or humble, which constitute them, from the mighty peaks to the smalles of the tiny flowers hidden in the meadow's grass.

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.

When people lose their ties to the land they grow corrupt. Inevitably, they grow corrupt.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

One does not sell the earth upon which the people walk.

Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is read more

Maka le wakan -- the land is sacred. These words are at the core of our being. The land is our mother, the rivers our blood. Take away our land and we die. That is, the Indian in us dies. We'd become just suntanned white men, the jetsam snd floatsam of your great melting pot.