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.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

I think nobody owns the land until their dead are in it.

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

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.

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

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

You are the land. The land is you.

You are the land. The land is you.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land.

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.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.