Where water is boss, the land must obbey

Where water is boss, the land must obbey

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

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

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

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

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; read more

A man's country is not a certain area of land, of mountains, rivers, and woods, but it is a principle; and patriotism is loyalty to that principle.

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.

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.

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

For where does one run to when he's already in the promised land?

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

If a man owns land, the land owns him.

The map is not the territory.

The map is not the territory.