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Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors, we borrow it from our Children.

Crazy Horse

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Crazy Horse
Age: 27 †
Born: 1849
Born: December 4
Died: 1877
Died: September 5
Oglala Lakota Leader
Politician
Tribal Chief
South Dakota
United States
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