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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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Chief Seattle
Age: 80 †
Born: 1786
Born: January 1
Died: 1866
Died: June 7
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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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Humans merely share the Earth. We can only protect the land, not own it.
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To harm the earth is to heap contempt on its creator.
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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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To us, the ashes of our ancestors are sacred and their resting place is hallowed ground.
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