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The Earth Does Not Belong To Us,
We Belong To The Earth!

Chief Seatitle

Thursday, April 20, 2000

"Broken Promises"
"They Made Us Many Promises, More Than I Can Remember.
But They Kept But One - They Promised To Take Our Land And They Took It."
Chief Red Cloud
Souix War Chief

Chief Joseph

Nez Perce

I Am Tired Of Fighting
From Where The Sun Now Stands
I Will Fight No More.

Suppose A White Man Should Come To Me And Say, Joseph, I Like Your Horses.
I Want To Buy Them.
I Say To Him, No, My Horses Suit Me; I Will Not Sell Them.
Then He Goes To My Neighbor And Says, Pay Me Money, And I Will Sell You Joseph`s Horses.

The White Man Returns To Me And Says, Joseph,
I Have Bought Your Horses And You Must Let Me Have Them.

If We Sold Our Lands To The Government, This Is The Way They Bought Them.

"We live, we die, and like the grass and trees, renew ourselves from the soft clods of the grave. Stones crumble and decay,faiths grow old and they are forgotten but new beliefs are born. The faith of the villages is dust now...but it will grow again....like the trees. May serenity circle on silent wings and catch the whispers of the winds."

I AM Tired Of Talk That Comes To Nothing.
It Makes MY Heart Sick When I Remember All The Good Words And All The Broken Promise.

There Has Been Too Much Talking By Men Who Had No Right To Talk.

It Does Not Require Many Words To Speak The Truth.