Pacific Northwest, Alaska &

Northern Canadian Tribes

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, Duwamish Tribe, Pacific Northwest, 1854

____________

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

Salish Chief

Vancouver Island, BC, Canada

____________

"What is man without the beasts?

If all the beasts were gone,

Man would die from

a great loneliness of the spirit.

For whatever happens to the beasts

soon happens to man."

– Chief Seattle, Duwamish Tribe

Seattle Area, USA

____________

Carry with You:

A Heart that Loves,

A Smile that's Kind,

A Touch that Heals.

– a Native American Blessing

____________

"It does not require many words to speak the truth."

- Chief Joseph, Nez Perce (1840-1904)

____________

Honor the Sacred

Honor the sacred.

Honor the Earth,

our Mother.

Honor the Elders.

Honor all with whom

we share the Earth:

Four-leggeds,

two-leggeds,

winged ones,

Swimmers, crawlers,

plant and rock people.

Walk in balance and beauty.

– Native American Elder

____________

Treat the earth well.

It was not given to you by your parents,

it was loaned to you by your children.

We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,

we borrow it from our Children.

– Ancient Indian Proverb

____________

Regard Heaven as your father,

Earth as your Mother,

and all things as your

Brothers and Sisters.

- Tribe Unknown

____________

Listen, or your tongue will make you deaf.

- Tribe Unknown

* * *

Click here to return our Native American Articles Table of Contents.