"The spirit of the Native people, the first people, has never died. It lives in the rocks and the forests, the rivers and the mountains. It murmurs in the brooks and whispers in the trees. The hearts of these people were formed of the earth that we now walk, and their voice can never be silenced." Kent Nerburn " The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have eqaual rights upon it."- Chief Joseph "All things are connected. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the children of the earth." - Chief Seattle