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Engaging Quotes
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- When you are in doubt, be still, and wait; when doubt no longer exists for you, then go forward with courage. So long as mists envelop you, be still; be still until the sunlight pours through and dispels the mists-as it surely will. Then act with courage. –Ponca Chief White Eagle (1800s to 1914)
- The first peace, which is the most important, is that which comes within the souls of the people when they realize their relationship, their oneness with the Universe and all its powers and when they realize that at the center of the Universe dwells the Great Spirit and that this center is really everywhere, it is within each of us.- Sioux Holy Man, Black Elk
- All birds, even those of the same species, are not alike, and it is the same with animals and with human beings. The reason Wakantanka does not make two birds, or animals, or human beings exactly alike is because each is placed here by Wakantanka to be an independent individuality and to rely upon itself. – Teton Sioux
- I am poor and naked, but I am the chief of the nation. We do not want riches, but we do want to train our children right. Riches would do us no good. We could not take them with us to the other world. We do not want riches. We want peace and love. –Red Cloud (Makhpiya-luta) (late 19th century) Sioux Chief
- Conversation was never begun at once, nor in a hurried manner. No one was quick with a question, no matter how important, and no one was pressed for an answer. A pause giving time for thought was the truly courteous way of beginning and conducting a conversation. Silence was meaningful with the Lakota, and his granting a space of silence to the speech-maker and his own moment of silence before talking was done in the practice of true politeness and regard for the rule that, “thought comes before speech.” –Luther Standing Bear (1868-1939) Oglala Sioux chief
- In Pacific Northwest Coast First Nation’s potlatching societies, wealth is traditionally not measured by what one can attain for themselves by way of homes, vehicles and any other material items-it is measured by how much one can give to their community. –Pacific Northwest Coast peoples
- Everything on the earth has a purpose, every dis-ease an herb to cure it, and every person a mission. This is the Indian theory of existence. –Mourning Dove (Christine Quintasket) 1888-1936 Salish