"...never forget this beautiful earth, for it is the
mother of the red men. We are a part of the earth
and it is a part of us. The perfumed flowers are our
sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle, these
are our brothers. The rocky crests, the juices in the
meadows, the body heat of the pony, and the man --
all belong to the same family. "
Chief Seattle of the Puget Sound Indians
1854