Insights

Humankind Humankind has not woven the web of life. We are but one thread within it. Whatever we do to the web, we do to ourselves. All things are bound together. All things connect.” Chief Seattle (1780 – 1866)

My Heart Soars Chief Dan George July 1, 1967 Empire Stadium Vancouver, B.C. "O Great Spirit whose voice I hear in the winds, I come to you as one of your many children. I need your strength and your wisdom. Make me strong not to be superior to my brother, but to be able to fight my greatest enemy: "Myself" Chief Dan George (1899 - 1981)

Who Will Sing my Name? Who will Sing my Name? Will you call my name when the end of the path is reached. Will you sing my name in Prayer? The old ones fade, and are no more, and no one calls their names. Our people vanish and come to ashes and no one sings the Prayers. Once we were strong and many. I call the names of those before. Those who remain have no knowing. For them I sing my Prayer. But, when I am gone, who will follow me? Who will call my name when I have given up my breath? Author Unknown

A Collection of Essays Who is the Chairman of This Meeting? (1972) When the last tree is cut, the last fish is caught, and the last river is polluted; when to breathe the air is sickening, you will realize, too late, that wealth is not in bank accounts and that you can't eat money." Alanis Obomsawin, Filmmaker and Activist

What is Life? What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow that runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset. Blackfeet

Live Your Life When you were born, you cried, and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice. Cherokee

Act Peace It is no longer good enough to cry peace, we must act peace, live peace and live in peace. Shenandoah

Footprints Take only memories. Leave nothing but footprints. Chief Seattle

All Things All things share the same breath - the beast, the tree, the man, the air shares its spirit with all the life it supports. Chief Seattle

Let me Be Free Let me be a free man, free to travel, free to stop, free to work, free to trade where I choose, free to choose my own teachers, free to follow the religion of my fathers, free to talk, think and act for myself - and I will obey every law or submit to the penalty. Chief Joseph

Blessing About Silence May the stars carry your sadness away, May the flowers fill your heart with beauty, May hope forever wipe away your tears, And, above all, May silence make you strong. Chief Dan George, Tsleil-Waututh Nation