Quotes
Land Ethic
Chief Seattle
(ca. 1854) Led the Pacific Northwest Indian tribe, the Dwamish, to adapt peacefully to the loss of their land to white settlers. In his 1855 concession speech to his tribe and recently arrived representatives of the US Government, he said, "How can you buy or sell the sky – the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us... Every part of this earth is sacred to us."
Chief Seattle: “Every part of this earth is sacred to my people. Every hillside, every valley, every clearing and wood, is holy in the memory and experience of my people. Even those unspeaking stones along the shore are loud with events and memories in the life of my people. The
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