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All we had was her room, her stories, and the quiet that settled in as we tried in vain to spread ourselves out and fill the space she'd left behind.

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How can you buy or sell the sky, the warmth of the land? The idea is strange to us. If we do not own the freshness of the air and the sparkle of the water, how can you buy them? Every part of the earth is sacred to my people.

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When the green hills are covered with talking wires and the wolves no longer sing, what good will the money you paid for our land be then

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We are part of the earth and it is part of us. The perfumes flowers are our sisters; the deer, the horse, the great eagle: these are our brothers. All things are connected like the blood which unites one's family.

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To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.

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Tribe follows tribe, and nation follows nation, like the waves of the sea. It is the order of nature, and regret is useless. Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man. . . cannot be exempt from the common destiny.

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Your religion was written on tablets of stone, ours on our hearts. 8. We are part of the earth and the earth is part of us.

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