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Kent Nerburn Quote: “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.”

51. “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.”

— Kent Nerburn

Kent Nerburn Quote: “But the old Lakota was wise. He knew that man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence. – Chief Luther Standing Bear Oglala Sioux Some.”

52. “But the old Lakota was wise. He knew that man’s heart, away from nature, becomes hard; he knew that lack of respect for growing, living things soon led to lack of respect for humans, too. So he kept his children close to nature’s softening influence. – Chief Luther Standing Bear Oglala Sioux Some.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “The Creator stopped being a teacher who filled the world with lessons. Instead you turned him into some kind of judge or policeman who’s sitting way up in heaven keeping track of everything. When you die, if he thinks you’ve been good he sends you to a good place. If he thinks you’ve been bad he sends you to a bad place. I don’t like that. I like our way, where the Creator was a teacher who gave us the earth to discover. I’d rather think of the Creator as a teacher than a policeman.”

53. “The Creator stopped being a teacher who filled the world with lessons. Instead you turned him into some kind of judge or policeman who’s sitting way up in heaven keeping track of everything. When you die, if he thinks you’ve been good he sends you to a good place. If he thinks you’ve been bad he sends you to a bad place. I don’t like that. I like our way, where the Creator was a teacher who gave us the earth to discover. I’d rather think of the Creator as a teacher than a policeman.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “Indian faith sought the harmony of man with his surroundings; the other sought the dominance of surroundings. In.”

54. “Indian faith sought the harmony of man with his surroundings; the other sought the dominance of surroundings. In.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “You took the places where the spirits talked to us and you gave us bags of flour.”

55. “You took the places where the spirits talked to us and you gave us bags of flour.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “Every once in a while I would have to go to a powwow and put on some feathers so you could believe I was a real Indian. But other than that you would think I was smarter and more important if I lived in a big house and owned lots of things. That’s just the way white people are. It’s the way you are trained.”

56. “Every once in a while I would have to go to a powwow and put on some feathers so you could believe I was a real Indian. But other than that you would think I was smarter and more important if I lived in a big house and owned lots of things. That’s just the way white people are. It’s the way you are trained.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “Think of that Thoreau fellow. I’ve read some of his books. He went out and lived in a shack and looked at a pond. Now he’s one of your heroes. If I go out and live in a shack and look at a pond, pretty soon I’ll have so many damn social workers beating on my door that I won’t be able to sleep. “They’ll start scribbling in some damn notebook: ‘No initiative. No self-esteem.’ They’ll write reports, get grants, start some government program with a bunch of forms.”

57. “Think of that Thoreau fellow. I’ve read some of his books. He went out and lived in a shack and looked at a pond. Now he’s one of your heroes. If I go out and live in a shack and look at a pond, pretty soon I’ll have so many damn social workers beating on my door that I won’t be able to sleep. “They’ll start scribbling in some damn notebook: ‘No initiative. No self-esteem.’ They’ll write reports, get grants, start some government program with a bunch of forms.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “Our elders told us this was the best way to deal with white people. Be silent until they get nervous, then they will start talking. They will keep talking, and if you stay silent, they will say too much. Then you will be able to see into their hearts and know what they really mean. Then you will know what to do.” “I imagine it works,” I said.”

58. “Our elders told us this was the best way to deal with white people. Be silent until they get nervous, then they will start talking. They will keep talking, and if you stay silent, they will say too much. Then you will be able to see into their hearts and know what they really mean. Then you will know what to do.” “I imagine it works,” I said.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “We were taught that the old people and the babies were the closest to God and it was for them that we all lived. They were the most helpless and they needed us the most.”

59. “We were taught that the old people and the babies were the closest to God and it was for them that we all lived. They were the most helpless and they needed us the most.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “We do not wish to destroy your religion, or to take it from you. We only want to enjoy our own .” – Chief Red Jacket, 1805.”

60. “We do not wish to destroy your religion, or to take it from you. We only want to enjoy our own .” – Chief Red Jacket, 1805.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “When you give of yourself something new comes in to being... the world expands, a bit of goodness is brought forth and a small miracle occurs. You must never underestimate this miracle. Too many good people think they have to become Mother Teresa or Albert Schweitzer, or even Santa Claus, and perform great acts if they are to be givers. They don’t see the simple openings of the heart that can be practiced anywhere with almost anyone.”

61. “When you give of yourself something new comes in to being... the world expands, a bit of goodness is brought forth and a small miracle occurs. You must never underestimate this miracle. Too many good people think they have to become Mother Teresa or Albert Schweitzer, or even Santa Claus, and perform great acts if they are to be givers. They don’t see the simple openings of the heart that can be practiced anywhere with almost anyone.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “And here is something that I think is important – your religion didn’t come from the land. It could be carried around with you. You couldn’t understand what it meant to us to have our religion in the land. Your religion was in a cup and a piece of bread, and that could be carried in a box. Your priests could make it sacred anywhere. You couldn’t understand that what was sacred for us was where we were, because that is where the sacred things had happened and where the spirits talked to us.”

62. “And here is something that I think is important – your religion didn’t come from the land. It could be carried around with you. You couldn’t understand what it meant to us to have our religion in the land. Your religion was in a cup and a piece of bread, and that could be carried in a box. Your priests could make it sacred anywhere. You couldn’t understand that what was sacred for us was where we were, because that is where the sacred things had happened and where the spirits talked to us.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “If I lived in a big house and had rooms full of different things, if I had big cars and a library full of books, if I had pulled out all the flowers and medicine plants and made a lawn that looked like a rug, people would come to me and ask me about everything because they would say I am a ‘good’ Indian. All it would mean is that I am an Indian with lots of possessions, just like a white man. That would make me good and important in your eyes. Admit it.”

63. “If I lived in a big house and had rooms full of different things, if I had big cars and a library full of books, if I had pulled out all the flowers and medicine plants and made a lawn that looked like a rug, people would come to me and ask me about everything because they would say I am a ‘good’ Indian. All it would mean is that I am an Indian with lots of possessions, just like a white man. That would make me good and important in your eyes. Admit it.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “But they shared in common a belief that the earth is a spiritual presence that must be honored, not mastered.”

64. “But they shared in common a belief that the earth is a spiritual presence that must be honored, not mastered.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “A tragedy has taken place on our land, and even though it did not take place on our watch, we are its inheritors, and the earth remembers.”

65. “A tragedy has taken place on our land, and even though it did not take place on our watch, we are its inheritors, and the earth remembers.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “In my ears I have heard the words of Sitting Bull, telling me that white people are not to be trusted. But I have also heard the words of Black Kettle, who told us to reach out a hand of peace.”

66. “In my ears I have heard the words of Sitting Bull, telling me that white people are not to be trusted. But I have also heard the words of Black Kettle, who told us to reach out a hand of peace.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “Traditionally, Indians did not carry on dialogues when discussing important matters. Rather, each person listened attentively until his or her turn came to speak, and then he or she rose and spoke without interruption about the heart of the matter under consideration.”

67. “Traditionally, Indians did not carry on dialogues when discussing important matters. Rather, each person listened attentively until his or her turn came to speak, and then he or she rose and spoke without interruption about the heart of the matter under consideration.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “But no matter how they make you feel, you should always watch elders carefully. They were you and you will be them. You carry the seeds of your old age in you at this very moment, and they hear the echoes of their childhood each time they see you.”

68. “But no matter how they make you feel, you should always watch elders carefully. They were you and you will be them. You carry the seeds of your old age in you at this very moment, and they hear the echoes of their childhood each time they see you.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. ” – Chief Joseph, 1879.”

69. “The earth is the mother of all people, and all people should have equal rights upon it. ” – Chief Joseph, 1879.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “Memory is a fickle thing, a flickering light in a darkroom of possibilities.”

70. “Memory is a fickle thing, a flickering light in a darkroom of possibilities.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “The white man who is our agent is so stingy that he carries a linen rag in his pocket into which to blow his nose, for fear he might blow away something of value. – Piapot.”

71. “The white man who is our agent is so stingy that he carries a linen rag in his pocket into which to blow his nose, for fear he might blow away something of value. – Piapot.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “When you knew I was coming?” I said. “I wrote it when I knew I wanted to speak. I went to my hill and spoke to my grandfathers. They gave me that song. They gave it to me in the wind. They said I had too much anger to speak. They told me that anger is only for the one who speaks. It never opens the heart of one who listens.”

72. “When you knew I was coming?” I said. “I wrote it when I knew I wanted to speak. I went to my hill and spoke to my grandfathers. They gave me that song. They gave it to me in the wind. They said I had too much anger to speak. They told me that anger is only for the one who speaks. It never opens the heart of one who listens.”

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Kent Nerburn Quote: “There is a dignity about the social intercourse of old Indians which reminds me of a stroll through a winter forest .” – Frederick Remington.”

73. “There is a dignity about the social intercourse of old Indians which reminds me of a stroll through a winter forest .” – Frederick Remington.”

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